25 APRIL 1958, page 17

No Bank Merger ' Sir,—in The Notes By Custos In Last

week's Spectator it is stated : 'now that this bank [Commercial Bank of Scotland] hag merged'WIth the National Bank of Scotland . . .' This is not a fact. Discussions about a......

Sir,—it Would Be Comforting To Accept Strix's Con-...

the Communist pattern of denunciation and betrayal of family and friends succeeds among the Russians and the Chinese because these people lack a sense of honour. But can the......

Chance Of A Lifetime Sir,—no, Sir, I Was Cold Sober

and I still am : despite the tone of my original opening remarks, I do not regard the reputation of the Spectator as a matter for frivolity. As to the statistical adventure......

Theatre Censorship

SIR,—The Theatre Workshop Defence Fund, for which an appeal recently appeared in your correspon- dence columns, now exceeds the expenses incurred in the defence of Theatre......

S. Rintoul

SIR,—Your tribute to R. S. Rintoul and his associa- tion with the Spectator is very interesting, but has Paul Bloomfield not got astray with some of his assertions? Is he not......