29 JANUARY 1977, page 26

Kelvin

Sir: Mr Wheatcroft is slightly incorrect in saying that the Kelvin is a new temperature scale (15 January). It has been used by scientists for a number of years now as the......

Royal Academy

Sir: My colleagues and I have been most interested to read Norman Rosenthal's article on The future of the RA (1 January) and are very grateful for so thoughtful and clearly......

Deposit Half

Sir: Although inspired by reasons of economy and lack of resources the decision of the National Front to ask prospective parliamentary candidates to guarantee 50 per cent of his......

Black January

Sir: Despite your editorial (15 January) there were overriding arguments that Abu Daoud should never have been arrested in the first place. Over the last few months of 1976 a......

Cat People

Sir: It is a pity that your perceptive and amusing contributor George Gale is a despiser of cats. His review (1 January) did not mention the three advantages they possess over......

Pinter And Ingram

Sir: It is not often that I agree with the television reviews of Richard Ingrams, which, week after week, continue to deface the pages of the Spectator with his moronic cynicism......

£50 P.a.

Sir: Critics cannot be students of the subject matters in books. As fine a review of Miriam Benkovitz's Frederick Rolfe: Baron Cory° as Paul Fussell did (15 January), he was at......