6 AUGUST 1977, page 25

The Neutron Bomb

Sir: Possibly a few words in support of, and in addition to, Julian Critchley's interesting piece (23 July) may be helpful. He is quite right to emphasise the strategy of......

Raven Nods

Sir: Simon Raven must indeed have been a precocious child to have spent his mornings in wartime Cambridge engrossed in 'classical texts and arcane dissertation on series and......

Tarts' Tariff

Sir: Well, your Mr Waugh may be all manner of horrid things, but at any rate he isn't a punter; not at any rate currently obtaining in London, that is. 'British prostitutes . .......

J. Maclaren-ross

Sir: I am at work on a biography of Julian Maclaren-Ross (1912-1964) and would appreciate hearing from any of your readers who have letters, memorabilia, or other information......

Head Hunters

Sir: How sad that Peregrine Worsthorne (16 July) should feel a 'wasted sense of opportunity' when he sees a pheasant on the wing, and is without a gun to kill it. One can only......

Political Language

Sir: Robert Skidelsky makes some valuable points in his article Language and politics (18 June). He indicates, for example, just why it is that a writer who is neither......

Explanation, Please

Sir: Some months ago, Mr David Levy played a game of chess against a computer programme. This was reported in the Scientific American. But Mr Levy is your chess correspondent,......

Bamber's Book

Sir: As far as Christians and Christianity are concerned, Christopher Booker (9 July) should know that it is a case of gum homilies tot sententiae. So it is a bit foolish of him......