24 JUNE 1955, page 35

Sitt,—seldom Can A Practised Master Of The Literary...

have given himself away so completely as Mr. Kingsley Amis did last week. After two columns of virulent sniping at the 'highbrow travel-book' (I bet he doesn't talk about......

The Freedom Of The Press Sitt,—mr. Randolph Churchill Has...

the effrontery to invent two arguments and to attribute them to me, in order that he may denounce them as 'remarkably fallacious.' To call the PROs' influence pernicious, as I......

What Happened At Versailles?

am quite amazed to find this ancient and temporarily successful hoax taken seriously at this date. It was originally con- cocted by the two ladies as a 'leg-pull' to see just......

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Euston 3221 Letters to the Editor Is the Travel-Book Dead? John Davenport, Peter Green The Freedom of the Press Brian Inglis What Happened at Versailles? Walter M. Wigfield......

Egypt's Dismissed Officials' Sir,—may I Bring To Your...

no indemnity has yet been paid to the British teachers, university lecturers and officials illegally dismissed without notice in December, 1951, by the Egyptian Govern- ment as......

Is The Travel-book Dead?

SIR,—There is often something rather engag- ing about Mr. Amis's utilitarian approach. I quite like the cheerful crash of brass tacks as he goes mulling around. 'His distaste......