25 AUGUST 1973, page 5

Busy Dexter

Sir: My attention has been drawn to Will Waspe's paragraph on page 224 of The Spectator of August 18. am not much concerned with the implied suggestion of Mr Waspe's first,......

Voting Lib Era L

Sir: it is just possible that you may be right and that if Mr Enoch Powell had been standing in person, the Liberals would not have won one recent byelection (after all he can......

Faith And Shroud

From the Rt. Rev, Bruno S. James Sir: With regard to your interesting article on the Holy Shroud of Turin (Aug. 18), may I say that properly sPeaking it is not a matter of Faith......

Gps' Skills

Sin Dr Linklater and I are in agreement that the skills of the general P r actitioner are a costly resource Which should not be frittered a way in work which requires 00 Medical......

The Cathars Of Languedoc

Sir: Whilst thanking Mr Stern for his letter on the Cathars, August 11, may I point out that his comments smack of that very literature and sources referred to in my article. If......

A Better Translation

From the Rev. George Speller Sir: Martin Sullivan should check his references. He spoilt a good article by using in conclusion an illustration which when rightly understood in......

Book Pnces

Sir Bookbuyer of August 18 quotes Everest South West Face by Chris Bonington as an example of creeping price-rise, jumping from 63.50 to 64.50 since February. In fact the book......

History And Fiction

From Mrs G. M. Flower Sin I read your review of ' The Lion of England ' in the issue dated July 28 and was astonished at the seemingly vindictive tone and would have thought......

Paine Statue

Sir: Richard Luckett is unjustifiably unkind on the subject of Sir Charles Wheeler's statue of Tom Paine. Gilded all over, it is a splendid folly, a piece of quirky Englishness,......

The Huntingdon Affair

Sir: Jumping to conclusions is no doubt an agreeable pastime, but even in the context of widespread (and still uncorrected) misreporting of the Huntington affair at Sussex,......