3 JANUARY 1969, page 27

Official Rebel

Sir: The recent attacks on Yevtushenko are worrying: first, because it is sad to see a good man slandered; secondly, because they show how frighteningly out of touch with Soviet......

Comfort Me With Apples

Sir : As a 'pomiferous' fellow living near Mr John Wells's constituency and having been con- nected with the fruit-growing industry for over twenty years, I would like to......

Elixir Of Youth

Sir: In a 'double-blind control experiment' (John Rowan Wilson, 27 December) it is not only the 'assessor who is ignorant as to which patient is which. The patients equally do......

Good Old Days

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS From The Wilsonian Idyll, by Angus Windsor- Frost Junior, to be published in the early part of 2069 by Weidenfeld and Weidenfeld at Nf55. Looking back at......