26 NOVEMBER 1954, page 18

'lord M.

SIR,—It was a pleasure to read the well- balanced review of Lord M. by the winner of your second competition. Has Mr. Watson, howcycr, done justice to the artistic achieve* ment......

Railway Rackets

SIR,—Thc spate of amplified canned music of Waterloo Station, of which Mr. Cole so feelingly complains, is trying indeed for passengers, but must surely be maddening fer . the......

Bank Clerks And Dockers

SIR,—I notice your front page article in your issue of October 29 re the dock strike says: Dockers cannot reasonably expect such rejularity of hours as bank clerks enjoy.' From......

Household Hint

SIR.—The advice of ' Strix ' to stick the flap down and post unwanted circulars back un- stamped is exactly what I have done fa yeah; usually with good results. But whenever I......

Tell Spartak

Sta.—As a schoolboy over 60 years ago I went to see a Lancashire v. Gloucester cricket match at Old Trafford with Dr. W. G. Grace captaining the visiting team. One of his side......

Orwell Abroad

doubt if many of 'your readers will have disagreed with Mr. John Wain's assess- ment of Mr. Lawrence Brander's book, George Orwell; or with his remarks about Orwell. But surely......

Pick Of Today's Short Stories

SIR, — Pleasc allow me to correct a misappre- hension about the policy of Pick on the part of your reviewer, and to apologise if this seems to arise from some ambiguity of my......

Books Beautiful

SIR, — Mr. Bctjeman is not alone in wondering if some British books do not fall short of perfection. Unfortunately, his supporters are scattered. if you would allow us to meet ,......