1 DECEMBER 1961, page 15

The New Army

,. 11 1,—If 1 am ever privileged to dine with Cyril - may l shall be distressed to find the Margaux diluted with Algerian, but I shall have no right to be surprised. After all,......

Pre-christivias Quiz

SIR, -- -On my return yesterday from Kmlzysknygrmk thy attention was drawn to the correspondence con- cerning your Pre-Christmas Quiz. John March and Your publicity manager may......

S , Ir,—litcrary References To The Spectator Are Doubt-...

but two notable omissions from Your modest self-appraisal occur to me. Readers of 1( lPling may recall in 'The Village that Voted the tarth was Flat' that to the general press......

Don' O Li 1st Ay Your Income Suc—altnough Derek Barton

did not specify Whether the revised rents now demanded of the tenants at King's Court and Alexandria Mansions included rates or not, it seems safe to deduce that the latter are,......

Uses Of Pasternak

SIR; — According to Mr Conquest, in reviewing his book about the Pasternak affair 1 suggested that no admirer of Pasternak's writing could he interested in his last days, urged......