1 APRIL 1960, page 17

Sir,—john Osborne Can't Have All Those Nice People Just To

play National Theatres. They are sure to be needed in -deadly earnest for the committee which is soon to be appointed to settle what sort of television we're going to have after......

Sir,—i Have No Doubt That Someone More Competent Than Myself

will reply to your editorial outburst against Israel and its Prime Minister. But even to the layman it must be obvious that the picture you pre- sent is biased in the extreme.......

Sla,—mr. Edelston (march 25) Asks Me For Examples Of...

established States with a normal history' (I had said that Arabs do not regard Israel as one, and cannot be expected to). Mr. Gershlick's letter raises the same essential and......

National Theatres Sir, Whilst Being Filled With...

Findlater's exposition on the National Theatre, I must cross swords with him on this paragraph : 'How can' a National Theatre Company be con- tractually tied to one commercial......

A Cat's Life

SIR,-1 am sorry that the Spectator should feel that the News Chronicle has done some disservice to the cause of penal reform by its main news story of March 21. We had rather......