21 MARCH 1969, page 35

Tearaway Island

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS From the sea, writes our correspondent at the Department of Strange Affairs, M Crawlin Legume, the island of Angleterre looks harmless enough: a huddle......

Sir: Dr Rowan Wilson (14 March) Appears To Adopt A

highly questionable line of argument. Self-improvement can come only from self- criticism, and Dr Rowan Wilson is very wrong to interpret the objective self-assessment which It......

Sir: It Would, I Suggest, Be Better To Refer To

history rather than to Mr A. J. P. Taylor (Let- ters, 14 March) for a ruling on the use of 'British.' This is no mere Roman relic but quite simply the only legal designation for......

Sir: Mr A. J. P. Taylor Is Entitled To His

opinion on the use of the word 'England' referred to in your comment on Mr Bennett's letter (14 March). Admittedly for long 'England,' being the name of the largest country, was......

Sir: England Is A Country Which A Scottish King Added

to his dominions in 1603. It is as simple as that. J. S. MacArthur Huntspill Rectory, Highbridge, Somerset.......

The English Question

Sir: A. J. P. Taylor's views on the subject of 'Britain,' which you quote in the Letters column (14 March), are, I suspect, eccentric. For the Romans, in the first and second......

Sir: It Is Fortunate That The English Are Civilised Enough

to take their nationality for granted. Occasionally they may be annoyed. A short time ago, in a television educational discussion largely devoted to immigrant chil- dren in the......