26 DECEMBER 1970, page 18

Political Apathy

Sir: IL as John Grigg suggests in his article (12 December), Britain adopted triennial parliaments, does he not think that the apathy, which he admits has increased steadily......

Letters To The Editor

Letters from Lionel Gilber, Lord Drogheda and David McKenna, lain Moncreiffe of that llk, Lady Brabazon of Tara, Rev J. L. Peace, George Strinn, D. A. N. Jones, Douglas Collins,......

Ramsey In Lions' Den

Sir: It is somewhat unusual for an Archbishop of Canterbury to be the 'darling of the Left', and it may be unwise to underestimate the weight of opinion against Dr Ram- sey in......

Garden And Wells

Sir: In your current issue the Spectator's Notebook recommends that Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells should be allowed to wither and die. Throughout the world opera and ballet......

A Dream Of That Ilk Sir: Ever Since Reading Dunne's

fascinating Theory of Time, I've intermittently kept a journal of my dreams. It has, of course, been lost: as women insist on tidying up houses. The curious thing about what......

Child Whores

Sir: Having been a Governor since Holland Park Comprehen- sive School was only a plan on a drawing board, and Chairman of the Governors from 1968-1969 I feel I must comment on......

Unromantic Gypsies

Sir: The film shown recently on Late Night Line-Up. on BBC-2 was probably supposed to give another `romantic' view of the modern gipsy, but, in my opinion, all it did was to......