Straining Sympathy?
SIR, —When, a few years ago, the then Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Fisher) suggested that British intellectuals should spend less time harping upon the horrors of thermonuclear......
A Single Thought
SIR,—The Spectator. May 7, p. 607. Reviewers' har- mony: Column 1. 'Second novels are notoriously difficult' —Olivia Manning. Column 3. 'Second novels are notoriously difficult......
Commonwealth Festival
am grateful to you for your article 'Com- monwealth Preference' concerning the Common- wcatth Arts Festival, which is to be held in the autumn between September 16 and October......
Sir,—i Hope You Will Permit Me To Refer To An
in- cident which occurred several months ago in view of the fact that I have only recently seen the article on Mr. Warbey's visit to Vietnam in your issue of February 19, and......
Back To The Flux
SIR,—Dr. Flew, in his review of my book, Lan- guage, Thought and Comprehension, in your issue of April 23—a review 1 have only just come across - says that my book is about the......
Foot Cavalry
• SIR.—In last week's Spectator. Mr. Goronwy Rees classed Thomas Jonathan Jackson as one of the Southern cavalry leaders in the War of the Rebellion. His famous infantry corps......
Vietnam
SIR, I regret to say that Mr. Mervyn Jones in his letter of May 7 is completely wrong in his concep- tion of American students. Besides the fact that I find his comparisons of......
Sir,--1 Find It Difficult To Follow Mr. Driberg's Logic. Lf,
in 1938, armed Nazi aggression should have been resisted—I agree wholeheartedly with him that it should—why should armed Communist aggression not be resisted in Vietnam today?......
Message Delayed
StR,—Quoodle is too hasty in his praise of his recent discovery, the Post Office messenger service. I have been using this service for years. Once it served me admirably. But......
Miscegenation
SIR,-1 could be wrong: I could have misread Mr. H. B. Isher . wood's letter in the Spectator of May 7: but froni my cursory reading of the letter it seemed to me that Mr.......
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