Christmas Quiz
Sir: May I be permitted to point out a further error in your Christmas quiz (27 December)? In question VI 10 (i) Schubert is cited as the composer who did not write an oratorio.......
Let Them Plant Trees
Sir: I was amused by Mr George Gale's article (17 Januaky) and to learn that he finds to his surprise the Automobile Associa- tion on the side of the do-gooders. All too often,......
Scots Myths
Sir: Mr D. F. Huchison's criticisms of Glasgow's effect on Scotch culture (Letters, 17 January) are just, though he misses the real reason why. Glasgow is not Scotch. It is a......
Machiavelli's Friend Sir: Mr Alexander (letters, 10...
in thinking that my objections to his version of Guicciardini's Story of /tab' arose directly from his theories of transla - tion. They sprang rather from his frequent inability......
Out Of Step
Sir: As a housemaster, I enjoyed Mr Bruce Lockhart's 'Afterthought' (17 January) on school dances, which evoked vivid memories for me. My 'middle-aged schoolmaster heart' used......
Nationalised Charity?
Sir: Mr Mark Brady (Letters, 17 January) displays all the worst aspects of the self- centred Little England individualism, current in part of the Liberal party a century ago. He......
The Tragedy Of Biafra
Sir: Having learnt something of Nigerian aspirations during twenty years in the West African trade, I have watched with sadness the developments in Nigeria since the words of......
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