25 OCTOBER 1940, page 14

Does Culture Matter?

Sta,—The survival of culture in these days is of the first importance; but is not Mr. Forster pleading for a special sort of culture, which may or may not be valid in the......

Chesterton And Nonconformity

SIR, — Absolutes are dangerous, and " all " is apt to cover more than it is entitled to. Mr. Graham Greene might be justified in claiming that generally a "spirit of Charity" is......

Compensation For House-owners Sir, —anxiety About The...

in which so many small people have invested all their savings is a threat to national morale which must not be underrated. It may be unreasonable to expect the Government in the......

Refugee . Nurse Sta,—there Is An Urgent Need For Nurses To

give essential help now. The long-foreseen state of emergency has arrived . at last. Yet Austrian and German refugee nurses are not allowed to work. Our hands are tied. Even if......

Railway Shortcomings

Snt,—I wish to protest against the attack on the railways made by your correspondent R. C. Evans in The Spectator of October 18th. The line from this place to London serves both......

The Air Offensive

SIR, —Mr. Richard Turner writes very glibly about showing the Germans that there is a "more excellent" way than war. But it does not seem to occur to him that excellence is......