21 AUGUST 1971, page 22

Direct Rule?

Sir: With respect, in contending that the Stormont government has failed, and there must now be direct rule from Westminster in Ulster, 1 you place yourself, or perhape I should......

Jumping The Gun

Sir: If we accept the Press Council's ruling that no reviews of boks should appear before the technical 'day of publication' it follows that publishers, no less than editors,......

The Shortest Way

Sir: I have greatly enjoyed F. R. Mackenzie's prizewinning essay (July 17) although for one whose language is Hebrew it has two serious faults: It is all true and it is not......

Crime Reporters

Sir: I must protest at a reference to " regular crime reporters coughed and spluttered their beersodden way through a summer's day," etc in a recent article by Tony Palmer. For......