27 APRIL 1962, page 13

Voluntary Service

Sat.—International tension inevitably leads to a sense of helplessness on the part of many ordinary citizens, for problems which may well affect the destiny of the entire human......

Family Plannlat, Sir.-1 He Family 'p,anning Association...

clinics in the London area. These saw in the period 1960 - 61 approximately 78,000 patients. Many of these clinics are badly in need of voluntary workers, especially in Acton,......

Celestial Infancies Sin,--'anybody,' Sings Mr. John...

last week of A. S. Neill's book, 'who remem- bers with truth his own comparatively recent school- days must yearn for . . . the glorious beauty of Dartington and the freedom......

Last Of The Viceroys

Sts,—As a critic myself, I am sceptical of writers who complain that reviewers have not read the books they write about, but Mr. Philip Mason makes me wonder. In his letter to......

Sir,—may I As A Layman Request The Courtesy Of Your

columns to expose a serious weakness in the law and practice of magistrates' courts? Last year, after a clear record of some thirty-five years, I was involved in a motor......

The Scottish Economy

SIR,—When the Spectator casts the tartan-draped eyes of the English establishment over the Scottish economy it should try and keep them open. Your sroart young correspondent,......

Mr. Lloyd's Wicked Alternatives

Nicholas Davenport, in a recent issue of the Spectator, alluded to the Chancellor's 'pay pause' as a neurosis. He writes, in last week's issue, that 'The. Chancellor's parting......

Ronay Rushes In Sit,—the Illustration In Leslie Adrian's...

week, headed 'Ronay Rushes In,' a drawing of an unscrupulous, not very perceptive figure lifting his foot, must have depicted Leslie Adrian himself in the undignified process of......

Taking German Lightly

SIR,—It is obviously still fashionable to impress readers and 'listeners with one's knowledge at foreign languages, and it is a charmingly unobtru- sive compliment to reader and......