20 DECEMBER 1957, page 18

Kidnapping Blake Sir,—miss Kathleen Raine Asks Me To...

inaccuracies in her essay on Blake in The Divine Vision. Here are some examples of the kind of thing I mean. In her letter Miss Raine says that 'Earth's Answer' is earlier than......

Britons

SIR,—Twenty-five years ago I began an association with an American newspaper that has happily con- tinued ever since. From the first I was determined to do whatever an......

The Politics Of Envy

Sm,—What a remarkable mind Mr. Curran has! in his article 'The Politics of Envy' he analyses with some shrewdness the social climate of envy and jealousy and discontent. Much of......

On-the-spotnik

SIR,—For the new Strix long-range weapon to be effective the gunner would have to be quite sure that his singular enemy was exactly 'on the spotnik.' He couldn't do that. But,......

Safety Helmets

SIR,—Your correspondents are right to suggest that it should be made compulsory for motor-cyclists to wear crash helmets, but a regulation in these terms alone would not be......

Tinkering With History

SIR,—Contrary to what Mr. Watkins writes, my re- view of Professor Popper's Poverty of Historicism contained no 'unpleasant innuendoes.' When I said, of Professor Popper's......

Celts And Government Sta,—no Doubt Lord Attlee Will Be...

to learn that he was apprenticed to the art of government under Conservative auspices during the war. Accord- ing to Robert Blake that was the case. However, I am not so much at......

An Anatomy Of Hysteria

SIR,—Professor Eysenck, of the Institute of Psy- chiatry, Uniyersity of London, has sent me the following letter, which I have his permission to quote : I think your question......