6 JANUARY 1967, page 13

Sir,—evelyn Waugh Once Told Me That The Presence Of His

children, when they were young, was not one of his main delights. They were allowed to come to table when they were ten—an age, he explained, when they could wrap parcels and......

Three Cheers For Auntie

SIR,—Stuart Hood (December 30) says that the ob- jectors to Miller's Alice are 'aghast at the idea of artistic intelligence being allowed to examine afresh a cult object.' He's......

Sir,—writing Of Alice, Stuart Hood Complains Of 'a...

of prejudice ... by persons who had not seen the programme.' I was one of those persons. But why was it monstrous? We were told that a children's book had been turned into a......

Sm.—because It Has Been A Painful Experience For Me As

a Catholic that Charles Davis should leave the Church, and because salt has been rubbed into the wound by the publicity and terrible thorough- ness ,with which he has done this,......

Home Thoughts From Abroad

Stn,—On the whole I enjoy the contributions of Randolph Churchill; he is readable and provocative. It is a pity, however, that he shows such pettiness to Lord Butler whenever......

The Path From Rome

SIR,—What a relief to read 'The Path from Rome' (December 30) as an antidote to the adolescent petulance of Mr Auberon Waugh_ It would be an impertinence for anyone not......

Fleet Street Under Pressure

SIR,—As a newspaper worker, I have been most in- terested to read the recent articles on the press by Donald McLachlan, especially as he writes with a long experience in......