6 SEPTEMBER 1957, page 18

In Defence Of D'oyly Carte

SIR,—Your contributor Mr. Levin expresses himself mystified at the prolonged survival of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and adds a sneering comment to the effect that its......

The German Ambassador Sir,—in Last Week's Issue You Print A

review, by Geoffrey Barraclough, of Alexander Dallin's German Rule in Russia, 1941-1945 which contains the follow- ing sentence : 'No doubt most of us feel a morbid fascination......

King's Cross To Euston

SIR,—The weekly cut and thrust of Messrs. Bardsley and Glover has caused me no little amusement. Lest Mr. Bardsley should think that A. S. B. Glover is a pseudonym for the......

Cri De Crevecteur

Sig,—It broke my heart to see a woman with the French name of Crevecceur begin a recipe with the very un-French 'melt one ounce of margarine,' and to see Leslie Adrian's......

Local Government Functions . Sir,—having Given A Little...

study of the three White Papers dealing with the functions, areas and status, and the finance of local government, I am impressed by the fact that in none of these is any......

Wyndham Lewis

SIR,-1 am writing the life of the late Wyndham Lewis. I should be most grateful for the loan of letters and also for personal recollections. Needless to say, all care will be......

Sir,—taper Seems A Little Uncertain About The Rent Act, And

well he may be. Where are all the houses that were to be made available for letting? This is really rather important to those of us who have received notices to quit. At the end......

Taper

SIR,—Don't let them silence Taper. He is one of the few live and refreshing spirits in contemporary journalism. Taper is very unkind at times, I admit. There are occasions when......