30 AUGUST 1968, page 26

Patience Is A Virtue

Sir: Writing as one who admired your cour- age in proposing devaluation as an alternative to deflation in 1966, I was surprised and dis- appointed by your editorial, 'Patience......

George Tells All

Sir : Having been on holiday, I have just seen Donald McLachlan's article, 'George tells all' (16 August). There are two factual errors: we have commissioned two books from Mr......

Convict's Tale

Sir: I have always taken the view that when an author writes a book he sets himself up as a target for the approval, or otherwise, of his readers, and especially of his......

Sir: Mr Martelli Seems To Enjoy Making Sweep- Ing Statements

with great authority (Letters, 9 and August), but some of his declarations are -not in line with facts. After the first massacre of civilians of Eastern origin, assident in......

Lion Couchant

Sir : One needs to be grateful to Mr Nicholas Davenport for devoting the whole of his article (16 August) to the finances of the British film industry—a topic sadly neglected......

What Is Obscene?

Sir : Censorship, being an infringement on liberty, is always deplorable, and Mr John Calder, who published Last Exit to Brooklyn, is therefore to be congratulated on the fact......