26 MAY 1961, page 16

Sir,—few People Speak Very Warmly About Their Schooldays;...

series of articles has been for the most part disparaging or derisive: the few tributes to former teachers have come as refreshing changes. Not many of your contributors, and......

Agonising Misappraisal

SIR, — Because of my profound agreement with the premises Professor Peierls set forth in the first para- graph of his review of my book, On Thermonuclear War, and the generally......

Christiansen And Beaverbrook Sir,—leonard Mosley Writes...

I had 'a childish belief' that it was more important for a dramatic critic to report booing in the gallery than the performance on the stage. This is a petulant......

Led Astray

SIR,—Through the thin disguise of Jonathan Miller's humorous article 'Led Astray,' which appeared on May 12, I recognised the school about which he writes and myself as the......

Asian Discrimination Sir.—mr. C. A. Gunawardenc Of The...

Commission in London finds it difficult to understand Christopher Hollis's charge of racial discrimination against Ceylon. To get some idea of the racial hysteria that is kept......

Angola Refugees Sir,—may We Appeal To Your Readers For Help

for the refugees from Angola, hundreds of whom are dying. An eye-witness writes of disease, dysentery, tuberculosis and leprosy. 'More than half,' lie con- tinues, 'are women......

Psychiatric Training Sir,—one Of The Charms Of Psychiatry...

most people with no training in medicine are convinced that their opinions are of outstanding value. It is, of course, indisputable that the time devoted to training medical......

The 1918 German Offensive Sir,-1 Have Been Commissioned...

Eyre and Spottiswoode to write a history of the German spring offensive of 1918—to embrace not only the events of the battlefield, but the political and grand-strategical......