20 AUGUST 1977, page 14

Caodaists

Sir: I can't help . wishing that Marina Warner would reread The Quiet American (Notebook, 6 August). After her moving description of the idyllic, perhaps simple, but altogether......

The Unpegged Pound

.Sir: 'At long last' wrote Nicholas Davenport (6 August) in praise of the 'unpegged' pound, `the Bank.of England has done the right thing.' And most of us, including those who......

Not Guilty

Sir: It would be wrong to let Mr. Nigel Dawson's sour letter about Mr Simon Raven (6 August) go by unanswered. . 'Slipshod writing'? — Never! If he happened to be inaccurate in......

Forward To The Crash

Sir: Patrick Cosgrave's polemic of 6 August contains within it a number of contentious points expressed in his usual moderate fash ion. I refer in particular to where he......