15 NOVEMBER 1963, page 15

`scrutiny'

SIR. — Dr. Leavis needs no testimonial from anyone, but Mr. Cox's memories of seminars at Downing differ so greatly from mine, and I was there just before Mr. Cox's time, that I......

Sir, —may 1 Thank You For Alan Brien's 'after- Thought' On

the reissue of Scrutiny? It was a perfect comment upon the pieces by Mr. Cox and Mr. Bamborough the week before, and perhaps the only amends you could make for them. 804-6......

Afterthought On Homosexuals Sir,—i Suppose It Is No Good...

a protest against your contributor Alan Brien's article in your issue of October 25 to have much effect upon Spectator policy in excusing, or dealing sympathe- tically with, the......

Sir, — In Defending C. S Lewis, Miss Mary Holtby Refers To

a character called 'the watcher.' No such character occurs in Spenser, or. to do him justice, in Lewis (though there is a passing reference to Cymochles). It is the 'bad Venus'......

Gift Imi Letters Below The Bread Line E. T. Brown,

Mrs. M. D. M. Stone Police Courtesy Mrs. Charles Bryant Wheels Within Wheels Henry Awbry `Scrutiny' T. A. Edwards, Professor J. C. Maxwell, Alan Donagan Afterthought on......

Sir,--i'm Reluctant To Contest Mr. Ross's Comments On My...

as he seems to be in broad support of my case. But I'm bound to point out that I didn't 'falsify' any national output figures. I didn't give any figures at all, but simply......

Police Courtesy

SIR, — Starbuck recently complained in 'A Spectator's 'Notebook' that the police had taken an off-hand attitude towards a burglary of which he had been the victim. In the......

Sir, — 1 Have Just Read Mr. O'hanlon's Letter 'below The...

Line.' While I fully agree with the senti- ments expressed--it is iniquitous that certain cat- egories of old people do not qualify for any kind of pension—I am at a loss to......