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Sir, — In Our Encounter Article, To Which Mr. Potter...

said that Donald Hume's 'confession' was palpably false; and we suggested that this fact was symptomatic of his fantasy-ridden and grossly abnormal mind. We did not set out to......

Beastly To The Germans Sir,—i Write To Draw Your Attention

to an article appearing in the Spectator of May 18 by Constan- tine FitzGibbon relating to a banquet in honour of President Heuss in 1958. Mr. FitzGibbon writes : When some......

Sir,—i Was Touched By John Deane Potter's Tribute To Duncan

Webb, pausing only to wonder whether the late Mr. Webb would have been quite so enthusi- astic in rounding up the Messinas had they been the last criminals at large in this......

Culturology

SIR, — In his article 'Birth of a Science' Mr. Ronald Bryden proposes the term 'culturology' to describe the science of communications in 'literate evolved societies' and claims......

Hymns As Poetry

SIR,—In his discussion of the hymns of Dr. J. M . Neale, Mr. Broadbent has neglected the fact that Neale's aim was not to write poetry. He was pro- ducing an English version of......

Donkey For Dinner

SIR,—With reference to Mr. Kenney's letter in your issue of May 11, it may be of interest to readers of the Spectator to know that donkey is still frequently served for dinner......

Confessions Exclusive R. T. Payne, Giles Play Fair And...

Sington, Stanley H. Canham, Brian Inglis Beastly to the Germans E. D. Pickering Donkey for Dinner H. Grobe Culturology Julius Gould, J. Peter White Hymns as Poetry Nicolas......

Sir,—your Reviewer, Ronald Bryden Can't Have...

writings of Hoggart et. al. This word has already been pre-empted by the American anthropologist L. A. White to mean the science of culture. And culture? This is 'an......

Sir,—john Deane Potter Produces No Evidence, In His...

week, that Hume murdered Setty. His evidence merely confirms that Hume was a patho- logical liar. Mr. Potter now boasts that the People, was prepared to pay Hume £10,000 for the......