Mea Culpa

Sir: A momentary aberration led me to describe Mr William White- law, the Lord President of the Council, as Lord Privy Seal in my Political Commentary last week. Mr Whitelaw, in......

The Other Side Of :ararat Sir: The Gust Of Wind

which blew the two unfortunate us generals across the artificial frontier divid- ing western Armenia from the Soviet Republic would presumably be described as an 'act of God'.......

Human Rights In Israel

Sir: I do not see what is to be gained by such articles as that from 'Israel Amos' on the one country in the Middle East that understands human rights. Israel is equivalent to......

Arms And The Club

Sir: The sale of arms to South Africa is not the ideal issue on which to test how far the (British) 'Commonwealth' can withstand contemporary international poli- tical stresses.......

Blackpool Snobs '

Sir: Blackpool may be an abomina- tion to Mr Bernard Levin, but a lot of people go there knowing what it has to offer, and because this is what they like. Would Mr Levin bundle......

Malthusiana

Sir: I am writing a life of Thomas Robert 'Population' Malthus (1766-1834). You may be surprised to learn that no full-length bio- graphy of him exists, and I find that many......

Competition

No. 629: Desdichado The news that the Consumer Coun- cil has lost its grant—and Des Wil- son his prospective job as chair- man—has been rather over- shadowed by the rest of Mr......