21 AUGUST 1971, page 23

That Abortion

Sir: I really must write and express how shocked I am by your advertisement 'Six Arguments Against Abortion.' I have no doubt that the sponsors of this advertisement are sincere......

Gray's Elegy

Sir: I wonder whether you would kindly allow a long established subscriber, who is, indeed, a mere layman, to make some observations on the Thomas Gray article (July 31) and in......

Moonshine

Sir: It is not for scientific spin-offs that Americans are proud to have sent men to the moon, as Captain Bean allowed. And it is not for pure scientific knowledge, as Prof......

Sir: "your Generation," Mr Neville Is Reported To Have Told

Judge Argyle, "while it appears to be listening is in fact deaf." The entire apostasy of the editor of Oz is here; the claim at all of twentynine to speak for ' his '......

Hamlet Hunch

Sir: On the day when Kenneth Hurren's review of a stage Hamlet and a television Hamlet appeared in The Spectator we at the BBC were putting the finishing touches to yet another......

Nannies

Sir: We are jointly engaged as editor and illustrator in compiling a collection of Nanny sayings: e.g. "Leave a bit for Mr. Manners" "Nothing comes off but buttons." We would be......