Strategy For Macmillan
SIR,—Indeed. why not expansionism plus im- port control, as Sir Robert Boothby suggests? (Spectator. January 6). Restrictionism may well throw out the baby as well as the bath-......
Proof-reader's Picnic?
SIR, —Delighted admirer as I am, week by week, of the ingenuity displayed by your competition entrants, I am distressed to find in, your issue of January 13 the point of the......
Scholastic Philosophy
Sim,-1 would like to comment on the recent review of M. Gilson's book in the Spectator by Mr. Cranston. (Incidentally, I don't think M. Gilson is entitled to the prefix......
Call '1'0 Conflict
SIR,.—The hue and cry over the Government's lack oL touch and leadership will have done considerable good if it consolidates the minds of the Tories on the future of Toryism as......
Sllt,-1 Do Not Know Whether Mr. Cranston's Review Of M.
Gilson's book was affected by his belief that it was the work of a priest, M. Gilson (de l'Academie francaise and the University of Toronto) is a layman.—Yours faithfully, D. W.......
Sta,—may I Complete The Sketch Of 'butcher' Haynau, So...
outlined by Pharos last week ? This Scourge of the Hungarians eventually bought an estate in Hungary, learnt the language, and became an extreme nationalist in his adopted......
The Nation's Medical Advisers Sir,—it Is Possible That...
really believes that the Medical Officer of Health follows a career in drains, for there are no depths of ignorance to which the really de- termined politician cannot sink; but......
Working-class Conscripts
SIR,—It is not correct to say, as Mr. Stretton did last week, that problem boys become such after their National Service. In fact one of the main , logical criticisms 'of the......
Sm,—pharos's Description Of The Visit Of Marshal Haynau...
of which was unaware, at. once gives me the thought, 'Let's do it again,' for in these drab days my most exciting adventure has been something con- nected with a Zebra crossing.......
Voice From The Grave
SI11,—As Thackeray died seven years earlier than Dickens it must have been his ghost who expressed, in 1870, the opinion of his rival. quoted by Mr. Kingsley Amis in 'The......
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