23 AUGUST 1963, page 12

The Victorians

SIR,—May I briefly correct a few points in Mr. Michael Slater's article on the Victorian Theatre (Spectator, August 9)? The theatre to which Robertson's comedies re- called......

Sir, —what A Pity More People Do Not Think Like

Terence Bendixson, Nikolaus Pevsner and the Victoria County History. I hope Mr. Bendixson's article will have made more people realise—especially Twickenham resi- dents—what the......

Sir,—lord Aberdare Is Glibly Unrepentant And Proves Once...

he feels it Is more important now to find £500,000 for a contractor than commis- sions for Welsh writers. The plan for this Welsh National Theatre de- signed by Elidir Davies,......

Our Villages

Sir Albert Richardson, Valerie Dobson, Jack Ellis End of Federation Alison Marsden Old Lines For New Dame Edith Sitwell The Victorians W. M. Tydeman Welsh National Theatre •......

Old Lines For New

SIR,—Was the performance at the Royal Festival Hall which I, and 3,000 other people, attended last autumn, given to acclaim the genius of a Mr. Julian Symons—whoever he may be?......

Sir,—people Living In The Riverside Area Of Old Twick- Enham

have tended to welcome the plan which, according to Terence Bendixson, 'fails to reinterpret the architecture.' It is a long time since Mr, Mac- millan, as Housing Minister,......

End Of Federation

SIR,— Forgive my lateness, but the Spectator takes some time to arrive here. The article, 'Dying at the Falls,' in the Spectator on July 5 was biased and mis- represented and......