2 OCTOBER 1959, page 26

Sta,—allow Me To Protest Against The Unfair And...

of my book Spanish Mercy, which appeared in your columns; your reviewer has fol- lowed the simple plan of tearing phrases from their context, and perverting many of them......

Anti-semitism

SIR.—What I find distressing in the correspondence concerning remarks attributed to members of the Cambridge University Appointments Board is the oversensitiveness of people......

Sir,—hugh Thomas's Claim To Have Coined The Term...

1954 is, though no doubt sincere, mistaken. I heard the word used in its current sense by Asa Briggs in January, 1953. And Mr. Briggs's reference on that occasion was to 'what......

Sir,—as A Shopkeeper Who Tries To Take An Intelligent...

in the merchandise I buy and sell, I find the Good Housekeeping Institute's guarantee quite use' less as a guide. Their seal does not necessarily repre - sent the best......

The Establishment

SIR,---Brian Inglis suspects that the term 'Establish- ment' is 'of considerably longer standing' than the five years ascribed to it by Hugh Thomas. You may be interested to......

Sta,—neither Of The Main Political Parties Has The...

adopt the Wolfenden findings on homo- sexuality, moderate and limited though the proposed reform is. (So far as I know, the only critic of these findings worthy of unqualified......

Conservative Funds

SIR,—With reference to Lord Hailsham's letter appealing for funds for the Conservative Party, maY I suggest that no sensible person would subscribe to any party which did not......

Protecting The Customer

SIR,--1 cannot permit the allegations made by Mr. R. S. Taylor in your issue of September 18 to pass unchallenged. The Good Housekeeping Institute is justifiably proud of its......

Sir,—mr. George Edinger (`canadianism Emergent: •...

impression that among young Canadians there exists intense and general opposition to the American (and Canadian) policy of recognising Nationalist instead of Communist China. It......

Sin,--mr. J. E. S. Simon Shows Amazing Ignorance Of...

He states: 'Conservatism is about opportunity, and therefore about liberty, and there- fore about order.' Ignoring these non sequiturs, has Mr. Simon for- gotten that......