15 APRIL 1966, page 13

The Scandal Of Parkhurst Jail

SIR,-- Mr Wheatley says that 'the mentally ill should never be subject to criminal action by the courts,' yet in the next paragraph he condemns, among others. 'the rapists' and......

Why Labour Won Sir,—it Was Interesting To See You Grappling

with a 'scientific' solution to the problem of why Labour won the general election (SPECTATOR, April I). Un- fortunately (or fortunately for the Conservatives), you have not......

Tips With Everything

SIR,—Alan Brien's biased article has increased my sympathy with the Anti-Tipping Campaign. I am quite ready to express sincere gratitude for voluntary kindness, without thinking......

Be Impartiality

Stk.—The four-and-a-half-minute review of the British press broadcast in the BBC's French Language Service at 7.25 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, men- tioned in the letter from Mr......

The Morning After

SIR.—John Wells is wrong. Nora Beloff had no part in writing the Back Page of the Observer on April 3. Why didn't he bother to ask? PENDENNIS The 'Observer.' 160 Queen Victoria......

Dybbukism And The Us Intellectual

Sut,—Whether or not Mr Beichman's thesis about the wrongheadedness and ineffectiveness of the American intellectual has any validity, it is certainly a red herring in relation......

Eneral Practice

R. 7 1 wonder if John Rowan Wilson realises that, behind his question 'Is general practice outmoded?' there lies a long, sad, sorry story. That the GP would be outmoded has,......

Fluoridation

SIR,—The benefit and harmlessness which John Rowan Wilson claims for fluoride, at one part per million in water, in reducing dental decay are hotly contested by competent......