18 MARCH 1960, page 15

Sir,—katharine Whitehorn In Her Excellent Article Has Not...

dismal plight of the teaching profession. The shortage of teachers is indeed causing immense difficulty and frustration. However, my im- pression is that since the new salary......

American Attitudes

SIR,-1 am often asked if it is true that in the US attitudes to psychotherapy are really so much more e nlightened. Not having been there since 1948, 1 do not know, but having......

Rhyming Slang

SIR,—1 am sure Cyril Ray is right about the deriva- tion of the word 'scarper.' In 1927, 1 came across a word having the same% meaning in use among buskers in London's West End.......

Opera

Canary Fever By DAVID CAIRNS We are to have a new Macbeth at the end of March. But what about Simone Boccanegra and La Forza del Destino as well? What about Nabucco and Ernani?......