The Horse's Mouth
SIR,—In his review of Professor Auden's inaugural lecture at Oxford Mr. Quennell writes that 'not since 1857, when Matthew Arnold held the chair, had this key position been held......
Sir,—i Am Surprised That Mr. Betjeman In His Fantasy On
'place-name people' of January 25 con- fines himself to men; there is an equally entertaining set of women to be found. Sible Hedingham (Essex) and Greta Bridge (Yorks) arc an......
Build It Yourself
SIR,--Leslie Adrian is right in stating that I was one of the 'antis' in the matter of Dr. Yudkin's new house. He is, however, wrong in his implications about the difficulties......
An Eruption Of Turquoise
S18,—The man who painted his tractor turquoise blue may not be as foolish as Miss Sparrow imagines. Bright colours arc more quickly picked out by on- coming traffic than are......
Sir.—why Is Your Correspondent Mr. Kerby Apparently So...
the fact that the sons of the newly rich receive a good education at Eton? Would he rather that they went somewhere else and received a bad one? Is not the bringing of them into......
Government By Old Etonians
SIR,—May I pass a few comments on the letter of Mr. W. E. Kaye who so fervently defends public schools and their products? Britain vitally and ur- gently needs scientists and......
Speeches And Cliches
SIR,—Pharos, in his typically superior manner, has chosen to belittle and ridicule the Prime Minister's recent broadcast speech. It would be interesting to your readers and, I......
The Sterling Area
SIR,—In his article on 'The Sterling Area' Mr. John Wood suggested that no adequate book on this sub- ject has been written by a Commonwealth author, and ascribes this to......
Polite Politics
SIR,—Did Admiral Sir W. M. James in his younger days never hear of 'Bloody Balfour'?—Yours faith- fully, 3 Rose Crescent, Cambridge R. H. STEVENSON......
Place Names
SIR,—Surely Mr. Betjeman's game of place names can be played in reverse? I, for one, am well acquainted with the charming village of Compton Burnett (Dorset) and its neigh-......
To Ettator
FEBRUARY 4, 1832 ON Thursday, the House of Commons ex- hibited one of those scenes of impotent bluster and safe menace that have long been banished from every other assembly......
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