3 OCTOBER 1958, page 22

Itv Programmes Sir,—pharos Is At It Again. He Writes, 'they

[the 1TA contractors) are doing little or nothing to im- prove the quality of programmes.' Would Pharos please tell us who is to decide what is better for the public other than,......

The Canker In Our Midst

SIR,- - I feel sure that all right-minded people, not merely a majority of them as he modestly anticipates, will share ex-Corporal Brooke's .condemnation of alliophagy. A ..viee......

Sia,—as An Elderly Delegate At The Torquay Liberal...

found Taper's amusing report just,•:but sometimes only just. I am glad he liked Mr. • Grimond's speech, He must have had a front seat; but I was sitting at the back and,......

Purging Intellectuals •

SIR,-1 do not want to trouble you further, but the letter of Mr. Arden does seem to me to prove my case. He honestly cannot conceive of a man being keen to do an important and......

The Liberals

Sta, 7 -Taper, quite my favourite political commenta- tor, asks whether it is seriously argued that people would care one , way or the other about site value taxation and free......

Granting Visas

SIR.—Mr. Anthony Windrum's letter on the granting of visas to foreign visitors (Spectator, September 19) refers to damage which may he done to overseas trade by the impediments......

Formosa: Right Or Wrong?

SIR,—May I suggest that the Formosa dispute has never been adequately examined as a question of right or wrong? I submit that it was very wrong indeed of Presi- dent Eisenhower......