18 SEPTEMBER 1976, page 23

Truth And Propaganda

Sir: After reading John Grigg's article ( and much that has come out in the press generally lately), I am forced to ask, do we still have freedom of speech in this country, or......

Nationhood

Sir: Like many English people, Mr K. L. Bailey (II September) thinks that the United Kingdom is a nation. It is a state (not the same thing) formed from three nations (England,......

J. M. Keynes

Sir: I found Mr Robert Skidelsky's article (7 August) profoundly interesting but his conclusions—`That economic decisionmaking needs to be depoliticised, that is, anchored once......

Bells And Balls

Sir: 1 am compelled to protest at Richard Ingrams's review Bells and Balls (4 September). 'Time and again [says Ingrams] you are reminded by the filmed sequences showing 'Elgar'......

Freethinkers

Sir: Quentin Bell (14 August) criticises Ronald Pearsall for arguing in Public Purity, Private Shame that the decline of religion in Victorian Britain was associated with......