7 JULY 1967, page 31

Sir: One Of My Major Objections To Public Schools Has

always been that because of the place they occupy in society their inmates are almost bound to succeed to many of the leading positions in the community. Yet they are unlikely......

Sir: As A Day-school Boy Who Has Taught At A

boarding school I support Simon Raven's remarks about education for life. But there was one point about the historic function of the public schools which he missed and which......

Two-act Play

Sir: A two-act play: Dramatis Personae: PC Boot (with apologies to Sir Alan Herbert), Mr Smith, Mr Jones. ACE 1. Mr Smith discovered by his fireside, glass in hand. There is a......

Sir: Being Abroad, I Have Not Been Able To Read

the whole of Colonel Lohan's Spectator article (30 June) but parts of it have been read to me by telephone and with these 1 must take issue. Colonel Lohan has a strong enough......

Public Schools: The Facts Of Life

Sir: It was disappointing to see a writer of Simon Raven's stature lending his authority to the myth of the public schoolboy's prerogative in the art of living. This old lie has......

Sir: During Part Of The War And Prior To My

elec- tion to Parliament. I held a security appointment connected with ensuring that the movement and manoeuvres of ships in the Home Fleet should re- main secret. 1 can,......

The Morning After

Sir: Frank Judd argues (30 June) `... U Thant had absolutely no alternative but to order the with- drawal of UNEF immediately Nasser requested this.... Had the Secretary-General......