Sta,—mr. Raven States That He Is 'a Perfectly Loyal Pagan.'
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines pagan as 'heathen; unenlightened person'; heathen as `neither Christian, Jewish nor Mohamedan' and 'un- enlightened person.' Is Mr. Raven......
Sakiet
SIR,—As an old French subscriber of the Spectator (more than fifteen years) I wish to express my pro- found indignation at the title of the unsigned leading article in your......
S1r,—fr. Leetham Speaks Of 'the Sneers' That Are Directed...
the Catholic Church as the normal stock in trade' of the Spectator. I have been a regular reader of the Spectator• for some years and cannot recollect any occasion when you have......
Sir.—mr. Arden's Article (february 28) Makes Rus- Sian...
a vigorous business. I think it gives a wrong impression due to a mistranslation. When I was in Moscow for the Youth Festival last summer I took the chance of going to a tourist......
Sir,—mr. Raven, Who Dislikes Bigotry, Says, 'i Hold That All
public schools whatever, as a result of the 'nature of adolescent boys, . . . are nine-tenths of the day filthy.' Perhaps the clue to this judgment is found in his confession......
Sir,—advertising Has Indeed A Legitimate And Useful...
in free-enterprise economy. It Is open to doubt, though, whether Mr. Day's straining of advertising raison d'etre to justify operations of the present detergent and soap powders......
The Day The Lama Came To Tea
Sta,—As Mr. John Irwin sticks to his statements, the only possible conclusion seems to be that the author of The Third Eye removed his beard on the day of his visit,......
Tenants And Leases Sir,—i Suggest That One Wrong...
drawn in your editorial on the Rent Act last week. As you imply, a desired effect of the Act is the creation of a free market in houses and flats to let, but the lack of a pool......
The Reason Why
Snt,—The one overwhelming reason why so many people cannot bring themselves to vote Conservative is contained in the following extract from Hansard: 'Taking the internal......
Sir.—mr. Simon Raven Assures Us That He Is 'a Per-
fectly loyal Pagan,' but writes with a rather juvenile and cocksure knowingness which is far from attrac- tive in itself, and which most decent pagans of my acquaintance would......
Ruskin And Nature Sir,—in His Review Of The Diaries Of
John Ruskin, Mr. Peter Quennell quotes a description of seagulls in Venice quartering the canal (obviously looking for floating garbage). and 'flapping their wings slowly like......
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