24 JUNE 1978, page 15

The Press Council

Sir: I refer to your unsigned item headed `The Press Council' and starting with the sentence 'Mr Ian Hamilton Finlay is a Scottish concrete poet who almost never leaves his home......

The Iranian Disease

Sir: I read the article on Iran in your journal of 27 May. What emerged from reading it was that Mr Naipaul carries on his shoulders two enormous bags of chips which, perhaps,......

Page V Waugh

Sir: Parents, as trustees, have certainly been enriched by ,the thalidomide settlement which, in many cases, has raised their family incomes to the level of what Mr Healey......

Social Work

Sir: I am exasperated but not surprised when social workers express pity for me, and instead of dealing with the content of my articles speculate about the deep motivation......

Katanga And Ireland

Sir: In the course of his interesting review of my book, Herod: Reflections on Political Violence, Mr Alan Watkins says: `Dr O'Brien, as a UN official, tried to coerce Katanga......