4 AUGUST 1967, page 23

The Future Without The Past

Sir: Dr J. H. Plumb (28 July) appears to be s ceptical about the value of the biologist in g the problem of man and his environ- ment. And men are neither animals nor birds.'......

Why We Hate The Tory Party

Sir: Auberon Waugh attacks the Conservative party (28 July) for failing to attract sufficient unsocialist intellectuals. Without the undoubted pleasure of knowing Mr Waugh, I......

Growth For What ?

LETTERS From Leonard Cottrell, Simon S. Lilley, Stephen Cook. Professor H. C. AfcLaren. I. C. Simpson. I. H. Priilove. Sir: I am sure that all your reactionary, tradi-......

Housey-housey

CONSUMING INTEREST LESLIE ADRIAN It may not be bingo for the jerry-builders, but 1 August this year will be remembered as the day the gamblers in bricks and mortar were beaten......

Women At Risk

Sir: May I be permitted to congratulate Dr Rowan Wilson on his scholarly appraisal of the use of cytology, jn his essay 'Women at risk' (28 July)? As he states. one......