1 FEBRUARY 1975, page 5

British Israel

Sir: Gerald Ellis raises a historically interesting question when in his letter (January 18) he asks: "Should we not ask Israel to re-join the British Commonwealth?" The......

Sir: Mr Ellis Proposes That We Should "ask Israel To

re-join the British Commonwealth" (January 18). Apart from the fact that Israel was never a member of the Commonwealth, and that the Commonwealth no longer exists, Mr Ellis......

Enough Of Gough

From Dr. J. A. Heel Sir: We welcomed your editorial comments 'Enough of Gough' (December 28, 1974) and also 'Australian states rights' (January 11) which demonstrated an......

Surrender Values

Sir: There are several points raised in the article on surrender values in 'A Spectator's Notebook' in the issue of January 11 on which I should like to comment. So far as the......

Never The 'twain

From Miss J. J. Empson Sir: As one who has been brought up a Protestant I find it disturbing that three Roman Catholic bishops are invited to the enthronement ceremony of the......

Columnists •

Sir I am grateful to Bill Grundy for his kind remarks (January 25) about myself. I believe I am known around here, among other things, for my loud guffaws, and my capacity for......

Cncket Critic

Sir: It was pleasing to see The Spectator open its columns to a review of the fortunes of the English cricket eleven in Australia (January 18) — the Ashes series being the......

Educational Standards

Sir: You are very wide of the mark in your editorial (January 11) when you say Dr Boyson and Mr St John-Stevas can expect little but "opprobrium from most of the teaching......

Latency Period

Sir: Among numerous controversial statements asserted as proven facts by John Linklater (January 11), the most obvious is that there is a sexual latency period in children, and......

Ordeal At Greenwich

Sir: What staggering masochism, what awe-inspiring gluttony for punishment is displayed by Kenneth Hurren (January 25). His previous indulgence towards John Osborne's......