21 JUNE 1969, page 30

Spring Offensive

Sir : One cannot feel any sympathy for Mr David Oldman (Letters, 7 June), with his heartless contempt for British by-ways and gloomy prognostications about the Chelsea Flower......

Table Talk

Sir: As an old student of Italy, may I, through your columns, express my sincere appreciation for Sir Denis Brogan's erudite article 'Haec Est Italia Dis Sacra' (7 June). I,......

Poison Ivy

Sir: In response to my last letter (on Rolf Hochhuth's Soldiers, 23 May) you suggested that I was a simpleton, since . I am 'evi- dently incapable of understanding . . . plain......

New Hope For Biafra?'

Sir: Mr. Nweke Agbata (Letters, 7 June) really must not lump together all Eastern Nigerians and call them 'Biafrans'. There are over 51 million non-Ibo people of Eastern......

Good Clean Crime

Sir: Mr Cyril Ray may well be right in thinking the idea of a naval officer with a moustache implausible (7 June), but I can assure him that the name O'Bradovitch, im- probable......

Exposure In The Park

Sir: In his article (7 June) 'Indecent ex- posure in the park' Stephen Gardiner is right to protest against the increasing visual en- croachment of Hyde Park by surrounding tall......

Sir: Sir Denis Brogan Says (9 May) That He Has

never seen a cardinal with his official hat in any public ceremonial. When the newly created Cardinal Hee- nan returned from Rome and was solemnly received at Westminster......