Heavy Scent
Sir: In Mr Osbert Lancaster's witty but limited profile of the late Brian Howard (16 February) —I jib at calling it a review of my biography, Brian Howard--Portrait of a Failure......
The Wars Of The Red Roses
Sir: May I correct a number of inaccuracies con- cerning Viyella International in Christopher Fildes's article entitled 'The wars of the red roses' pub- lished on 16 February?......
Sir: One Important Point At Least In Sir Robert Birley's
thoughtful review (23 February) of Sir Keith Hancock's second volume calls, I feel, for comment—the attribution to Smuts of responsi- bility for 'the introduction into the......
Jesuit Plots And Machinations
Sir: Surely Hadrian VU's imaginary speech to the Jesuit general, quoted by Mr Waugh in the SPECTATOR of 9 February, misses the point. Nobody can get on without a large majority......
International Boer
Sir: In his review of the second volume of Sir Keith Hancock's life of Field Marshal Smuts (23 February) Sir Robert Birley states a propos of Bantu education, 'The return to the......
Sir . : I Read With Interest Mr Maclure's Suggestion (23...
of providing boarding hostels at ex- isting schools since this is just what I myself experi- ended right back in 1914! The Maynard School, Exeter, a high school for girls, with......
My Country, 'tis Of Thee
Sir: I have read carefully the whole of Toynbee's Study of History, but I cannot recollect any in- stance of a civilisation which talked itself into decline. No doubt we are......
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