Attitudes To Mental Illness
Sir: I wish to protest at your publication of Donald Gould's absurd article on 'The harmless lunatic' (17 October), and the column inches devoted to a single case history. The......
Profit And Culture
Sir: Few would disagree that the BBC needs an increased licence fee. Indeed, both the Chairman and the Director General of the IBA are on record as saying so. But not for the......
Mister Bull
Sir: Someone has just shown me the article by Paul Johnson in your issue of 17 October, in which he quotes from a letter from me to the Listener, on the need to support public......
The Ugly Face Of Sweden
Sir: The article about Sweden by Andrew Brown (3 October), while shocking, did not surprise me in the least. The Swedes have pioneered all manner of ghastly innovations, from......
Irish Lyrics
Sir: I think it was the late Brendan Francis Behan who pointed out that the words in Tilliburlero' which Mr S. G. Davies calls doggerel (Letters, 17 October), are actually......
Observation
Sir: If Mr Rudd (In the City', 17 October) would kindly put me in touch with one or two of the many observers in the City who apparently are willing to offer heavy odds in......
Elite Interviews
Sir: We have been asked by Methuen publishers to write a book on the practice of interviewing people eminent in their respective fields ('elite' oral history). This book w ill......
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