4 MARCH 1972, page 18

Stasis

Sir: 2,500 years ago the Greeks coined a word 'stasis' for an unpleasant economic disease, defined (The City-State of the Greeks and Romans, W. Warde Fowler, Macmillan, London,......

Fled From Israel

Sir: May 1 be allowed to comment on Martin Short's article "Fled from Israel," February 19. The following points seem especially relevant to me: 1. The Arab has been made to pay......

A Special Case

Sir: Whether the miners constitute a special case was a matter for the court of inquiry to decide but there is a very special case for Mr Heath to step down in favour of a......

State Of England

Sir: The state of England is obviously better than we had feared: Mr. Simon Raven is back amidst your pages, after too long an absence. His style is magic and, whatever his......