22 JANUARY 1965, page 17

Politics And The Community

SIR,—In a recent letter ('Politics and the Com- munity') Dom Robert Petitpierre asked fundamental questions about the nature of the community and suggested it should be possible......

The 'machin' And All That

SIR, —You have never been tempted to shelter be- hind that 'Sir,' but you have said more than once that you cannot be held responsible for the views of all your contributors.......

Simon Raven On Deal

SIR.---If many places and firms deserve a rebuke in the interests of productivity for still living in the nineteenth century Deal deserves a double rebuke for still living in......

A Reviewing .—the Reviewer Of Professor Grafta's Bohemia...

and Mr. Easton's Artist and Writers Paris, in your issue of November 27, claims to cal a modern malady of the book trade, but iself is a plain case of a more virulent diseaseln......