18 MAY 1951, Page 18

Englishman in Exile

SIR.—Mr. Broadbent surely betrays how limited is the circle to which his haunts are confined, when he describes the indifferent standard of its surroundings. He sneers too at the Scottish parent who sends his son to school in England. Why then has he himself come from England to attend the University of Edinburgh ? Is he, or is his father, dis- satisfied with the universities of his own country ? Is it in the best of taste for a guest receiving his professional training in Scotland publicly to disparage the land of his hosts ?—Yours faithfully,