10 MARCH 1967, page 24

How To Choose An Architect Sir: In Applying The Word

'falsity' to a kind of building he dislikes Mr Manser (3 March) adopts the tone and the moralistic outlook on architec- ture of Pugin and the Gothic revivalists—an approach even......

The Fall Of Adam

Sir: I regret that in my letter on the case of the Rev and Hon Adam Clayton Powell the word Negro continuously appears with a lower-case Initial, which may suggest that I......

Afterthought

Sir: A rather puritan-sounding gentleman wrote from North Wales last week that the Afterthought- man, John Wells, 'has got breasts on the brain.' What red-blooded,......

An Alternative Economic Policy

Sir: The criticism of Mr Lawson's advocacy of a floating pound made by Mr St John-Stevas (3 March) is, I suggest, ill-founded. He ignores the fact that pegging the exchange......

Afterthought

JOHN WELLS One of the most quietly sympathetic of my colleagues during my time as a schoolteacher was the housemaster from next door. Unlike the more traditional old Eton......