23 JANUARY 1959, page 20

Blood, Toil, Tears And Sweat'

SIR, —I have always thought that if any subconscious echoes were sounding for Sir Winston Churchill as he composed his famous '1 have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears......

John Gordon

SIR,-1 have undertaken to write a biography, as yet unauthorised, The Private Life of John Gordon, and I should be , grateful to any of your readers for any unpublished letters......

Mental Health

SIR,—The letter from the chairman of the Mental After Care Association pinpoints a very serious defect in the new Mental Health Bill. I have myself been campaigning in a small......

York Minster

SIR,-1 have read with concern the letters from Dr. Kitching and the Dean of York published in your columns and appreciate too the attention, albeit as yet limited, which the......

The Church Of England And Divorce Sir, — 1 Gather, From

his somewhat turgid letter, that Dr. Welsby imagines that I have evaded the question at issue, as though 1 have need to evade any question about a matter in which I have the......

The Great Divide In The Schools

SIR,—There is, I am sure, much to be said for the proposal that Mr. Peterson makes to require four `A' level subjects in the Sixth Form. Admittedly the standards at present......

Sir,—we Have Read With Interest The Article Entitled...

Leg' in your January 9 issue. We would like first of all to congratulate you on a very incisive piece of writing on what is not altogether a layman's subjedt. We particularly......