2 JANUARY 1959, page 30

Sir,—'antidisestablishmentarianism' And 'praeter-...

as the longest word in the English language. I do not profess to know the word which could legitimately claim this distinction (it is doubtful whether either of those mentioned......

Press Council Moines Sir.—pharos Does His Best Once More To

discredit the Press Council. He has used a fine array of con- temptuous terms. He talks of 'the Press Council's prating,' of 'Fleet Street Moguls.' of fl'nging around the......

News From Tyranny

SIR,—Anthony Thwaite, in his review of Robert Con- quest's valuable anthology of recent poetry from the Communist countries, suggests that the book ought to be stocked by every......

Committal Proceedings

SIR,—I do not wish to obtrude upon you any view about this problem, but I venture one comment on the observations of Pharos, who is one of a very large company who write about......

Sir,—when Are We Going To Hear About Leslie Adrian's...

faithfully, R. G. 0. PRICE Savage Club, 9 Carlton House Terrace, SW I [Soon.—Editor, Spectator.]......

S1r,—in His Lively Notebook Pharos Says That Various...

the Press Council to 'ensure that it does not make a nuisance of itself to Fleet Street,' and because 'they might otherwise be faced with a very different type of Council with......

Sir,—i Recently Spent A Few Days On A Cursory Exam-

ination of the University College of North Stafford- shire, and have been observing Dr. Flew's claims for it with interest. It must be conceded that Keele is an interesting and......

Spanning The Great Divide

S1R,—Professor Flew asks : 'Is Dr. Hethmings sure that it is possible to maintain parity of esteem be- tween General and Special Degrees if the same university offers both?' I......

The Church Of England And Divorce Sir,—mr. Weir, In His

letter of December 19, asserts that 'there never has been Canon Law in the Church of England' and that the claim of Convocation that it is legally possible for it to make canons......