25 DECEMBER 1953, page 15

Not Proven

SIR,—In practice there is really no difference— except in nomenclature—between a verdict of " not guilty " and one of " not proven." if a jury in England brought in a verdict of......

Tele-scope • Sir,—the Tv Contro4ersy Suggests That There...

some general disquist as to its future: a longer view might reveal the urgency of considering another aspect of the problem. Smoking and mechanical entertainment already absorb......

Kenya—another View

SIR,—Scores and blood money 'have apparently shocked public opinion. But why should this be so as there is nothing new in either ? During the last war all will remember the......

By Wandle Banks

SIR,--Mr. James Pope-Hennessy's article under this title sent me back to John Ruskin, to re-read that stirring Ihtroduction to The Crown of ,Wild Olive in which he contrasts the......

A Gift For Pedants

SIR,—May we suggest that Sir Carleton Allen's problem would solve itself if the idea of there being a " senior " partner in marriage was dropped, and husband and wife were......

Slx,—enough Of This Male Chivalry, And Let Us For A

change hear a little of feminine modesty. These women have taken almost everything we possess, without a blush; even our very trousers. And now they want to march ahead of us on......

Sir,"---surely The " Delicate Point Of Etiquette " On Which

Sir Carleton Allen seeks judgment depends neither on " formal status " nor " chivalry," as he suggests, but on ordinary good manners as generally accepted. if he and his wife......

Love For Three Oranges

SIR,—Why does Mr. Martin Cooper say on p.723: "After more than thirty years the music of Prokofiev's first opera, Love for Three Oranges, has reached this country via the Third......

Accommodation Wanted Sir,—may I Crave The Hospitality Of...

in bringing to notice the great difficulties faced by such organisations as the one to which I have the honour to belong. In these days of high charges it is becoming......