9 JUNE 1973, page 26

Sir: I Was Appalled By The Mindless And Impertinent...

that Tony Palmer had the effrontery to offer as a ' book-review ' of Angus Wilson's As If by Magic; and by the strange editorial indulgence which had seen fit to waste a......

Constitutional Issue

Sir: In the May 26 issue of your journal Louis Claiborne comments that Louis Heren would have been wiser to have left "interpretation of the American Constitution to Americans."......

Pornography

Sir: Apropos the reference to the murals at Longleat carried out by the son of the house, when may we expect to see advertising commence for "The Loins of Longleat "? Ralph......

Sir: I Was Amused To See That Despite All David...

Elisabeth Taylor 25 Spring Close, Histon, Cambridge......

For And Against

Sir: Kenneth Hurren is the only critic who makes me laugh out loud, even when cruelly wrong_ — as he surely is about the National Theatre's Cherry Orchard (June 2). I don't......

Sir: It Is Much Regretted That In His Thrust Against

"a dying audience" that he camouflages as a review of No, No Nanette (May 26), Mr Kenneth Hurren, who seems to think his generation is immortal, should have passed some......

Spectator June 9,1973 Topsy Lamb

Sir: When I was a child in London, it was sometimes said pityingly that poor Londoners never saw a blade of grass growing. This made my patriotic Mum very angry, but now, I......