22 SEPTEMBER 1973, page 4

Heath's Nerve

Sir: Mr Heath is making no gamble (your Editorial, September 15). The result is a regrettable certainty. He assures us that we are having a 'boom' — real economic growth. But......

Sir: Your Excellent Analysis Of Mr Heath's ' Nerve' Ends

with the prediction that "The time has not yet come — might never arrive — when it is clear that the Conservative Party has to steel itself to knife its leader to save itself......

Sir: One Expects Plain Speaking From The Spectator, Of Which

The nerve of Mr Heath (September 15) was a telling example, Two related points in this perhaps call for special emphasis. 1. You may well "wonder why this Government's economic......

Public Schools'

Sir: Mr Ryder's article (September 1) on the 'fatal rigidity' of the public schools was extremely interesting but not, in my opinion, entirely accurate. As one of the 'batch of......

Sir: My Mentor Dr R. H. Thouless Us E To Caution

his students of educati e ' against the fallacy of arguing free what he called 'Fantastic Anecclate s ,, — stories made up to prove, to one: own satisfaction at least, that......

Sir: T' E Labour Party's Intention Outlaw All Schools Which

are indePe„ n , dent of the State's fiat, and to rna', illegal the charging and payment school fees, is a :threat to LtbertY.",, tramples on a right, the right Mlle,' parents......