30 JANUARY 1948, page 15

Sul,—there Has Been Much Misunderstanding Of This...

headmaster is a born teacher, inspirer and leader if ever there was one. To some of those who knew him when, and soon after, he was head of the school at Rugby it was obvious,......

The Rugby Headmastership Should Like To Invoke The...

your columns to raise my voice in the controversy that has surrounded the appointment of a new headmaster of Rugby. I may claim to speak with some authority upon the matter, for......

Government By Circular

Sta,—Janus tells us (1) that 2,909 Orders, all having the force of law, were issued last year, and (2) that a lady whose cows produced more milk than her family needed, who......

Who Horace Wasn't

SIR,—Janus has rather badly mixed up Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) and his fourth son Horace Walpole (never " Sir ") (1717-1797). Sir Robert Walpole was a great statesman and......

An Artist And Dr. Barnardo's

Sta,—Your book critic, Mr. Osbert Lancaster, in your issue of January 16th, refers to the recently published life of Mr. Heath Robinson. To my mind he stood alone as a humorous......

Sir,—in His Paragraph Relating To The Spate Of Statutory...

and Orders, Janus makes no reference to'-a comparatively recent form of legislation which, in these days when the Government makes ever-increasing incursions into the social and......

The Local Weekly

Sta,—Mr. Frank J. Ward questions my statement that " many a country household takes in no other paper " but the local weekly. Evidently his experience is at variance with mine.......