18 JULY 1981, page 17

Britain And Namibia

Sir: Mr Vigne (Letters, 20 June) is quite wrong when he states that the journalists who visited ROssing were flown to Namibia by RTZ. The press facility visit to ROssing was......

University Independence

Sir: [too share Professor Griffith's concern (20 June). The present threat, in a contracting market, to the power of academics to make their own decisions is very real. However,......

Divided Land

Sir: I enjoyed Peter Ackroyd's witty criticism of the film Excalibur (11 July) but I cannot agree with his contention that the Arthurian legend has no contemporary resonance.......

Misguidance

Sir: In Auberon Waugh's article about Ted Heath (11 July), he refers to Mr Heath inheriting an economy in 'surprisingly good shape from Mr Jenkins.' Why surprisingly good? It......

Towards Apartheid

Sir: What a pity it is that such an intelligent man as Mr Auberon Waugh can be so silly at times (27 June). The Rampton Committee on the 'under-achievement' of West Indian......

Wasted Lives

Sir: Reading Mr Nigel Ash's letter in your issue of 4 July it is easy to come to the conclusion that he is one of those loving and forgiving Christians who when wronged 'turns......

Market Sharing

Sir: Jo Grimond, after giving us some of his highly perceptive comments on the state of the nation (27 June), wonders whether the Liberals and Social Democrats might 'strike out......

Fourth Dimension

Sir: For some years I have been working on the history of the fourth dimension, with particular reference to Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), author of Flatland and 40 other......