28 MARCH 1970, page 26

Violence Pays

Sir: I would like to comment on Mr Archi- bald Tober's letter (7 March). History is everything but 'dejective'. The historical nar- rative or the historical description of past......

Afterthought

Effluent. society JOHN WELLS The annual dinner of the Royal Effluent Society is always a red letter day in the radio and television calendar, and this year's dinner in the great......

Pompidou In New York

Sir: With regard to Sir Denis Brogan's article (14 March) I would like to make a few points. Sir Denis, writing of a Jewish firm threatening to boycott a New York bank,......

New York Revisited

Sir: Having recently returned from my first visit (of eight days) to New York I have only just caught up with Ludovic Kennedy's article on that city (7 March). You will not need......

Competition

No. 598: Name dropping Set by J. M. Crooks: In a recent speech, Sir Keith Joseph said that the Government was trying to 'Bennboozle' the country. There must be other equally......