6 MARCH 1959, page 20

The Case Against The Architect

SIR,—Your correspondents, Mr. James K. Scott and Mr. F. L. Jackman, seem to be so angry because haVe dared to criticise part of the work of some architects that they have not......

Bagehot

SIR,—Mr. Alastair Buchan and Mr. St. John-Stevas challenge my views on Bagehot. 1. Mr. Buchan accepts my statement that Bagehot didn't 'have much time for theory' as far as......

Chancellor Fiscal

SIR,—How right is your plea for an imaginative reform of our taxes, or at least a further step in that direction! Particularly I welcome your support for reintro- ducing legacy......

Sir,—itv Has Surrounded Itself With Such A Dense...

expensive public relations that Taper can perhaps be forgiven for losing his way in it. Most of the programmes he quoted last week as not being interrupted by commercials are......

S1r,—strix, In His Recollections Of The Maiden Voyage Of The

Queen Mary, says nothing of the row that had raged beforehand over the designs for the decora- tions of its principal saloons. These were com- missioned from Mr. Duncan Grant,......

Frank Harris

SIR,—In the matter of Mr. Michael Foot's attack on Mr. Waugh for his criticism of Frank Harris, is it not possible that Shaw was paying hush-money to are un- principled rogue? 1......