3 FEBRUARY 1956, page 15

Sir,—it Would Be Easier To Give Wholehearted Support To Mr.

Robert Blake in the Oxford roads controversy if one felt that Christ Church came to it with entirely clean hands. In the last sentence of his article, Mr. Blake mentions a......

Poor Tribute Sir,—you Gave It Out ('portrait Of The Week,'

January 27) that 'Wales beat England at Rugby football, and Welsh fans nearly beat the police in their attempts to climb the Eros statue.' The first part of this statement is......

Oxford Roads

SIR,—May I contribute a word or two of comment on Mr. Robert Blake's two articles concerning the well-worn topic of Oxford roads? With much of Mr. Blake's exposition I have......

Parliamentary Pusillanimity Sir,—1 Wrote To The Local...

ment last week to say how much I deplored the actions of the police and Home Secretary in the recent cases where homes had been searched without warrants, a bookseller fined for......

Sia,—your Recent Review Of M. E. Gilson's History Of...

Philosophy in the Middle Ages was unworthy of your paper. There must be few students of mediaeval philosophy who do not know that Gilson is not a cleric. Your reviewer is one of......

Sir,—i Erred In Calling M. Gilson 'father Gilson' And Must

now apologise. It was seeing him described as Director of Studies at the Pontifical Institute of. Medieval Studies at Toronto which made me think he must have taken Orders.......

Sir,—mr, Betjeman's Column In Your. Paper Is Often...

a kind of mischievous silliness of which a good example is his quiz (January 27) about various schools. I do not know why he should want to make so much mystery over the fact......

This Tricky Schools Quiz Posed By Betjeman (john), Is As

crudely Non-U as it is mauvais ton; But the truth of the matter is clear as can be To anyone living this side of the sea. Rugby, Winchester, Harrow, Eton, Wellington, Stowe......