The Disarmament Offer
SIR,—A point which no one seems to have mentioned regarding the Russian demand for a reduction in armaments is that even if everyone disarmed totally peace would not be assured......
The Hunt And The Trap
SIR,— General Wingfield thinks that because I state a fact I of necessity approve. He claims that the fox has the greatest vested interest in foxhunting. The fox has not yet......
A Bomb In The Pocket
Sut,—Dr. Jacks asks, "How is it possible for two parties to negotiate on a basis of mutual confidence and to co-operate in that spirit, if one has an atomic bomb in his pocket,......
" The Stonebreaker "
Sta,—Your readers may or may not agree that the Pre-Raphaelites " must always appear, to any person of normal sensibility, as utterly lacking in taste," or that they are " the......
The Pre-raphaelites
SIR, —Surely Mr. Derek Patmore in his delightful article on the Pre- Raphaelites is hardly correct in describing the movement as a " tragedy." As a matter of fact, Mr. Gaunt in......
Hospitality For Germans
Sta,—Some 500 German students are now in this country, helping with the harvest, and will be staying in harvest camps in Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire,......
The Post-war Generation
SIR,—I am a woman in the 'fifties and belong to about the same genera- tion as Mr. Nicolson and certainly, alas, to the generation which Miss Langford Dent condemns. My husband......
Fish-fryers
SIR,—The remarks of Janus on fish-fryers and controls are interesting but not quite correct. The new licences to be issued are for new districts or new customers. The......
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