Trouble In Prisons
Sir: May I, as a former prison visitor, hazard a suggestion as to the cause of the present trouble in the prisons? My view is that the prison warders feel (rightly in my......
Munich
From Mrs Elisabeth Cussons Sir: Now that one has calmed down from the shock of the Munich tragedy and the stock market is back to normal after its two-day depression, it is......
Mutual Offices
Sir: Referring to Skinflint's comment in his City Diary of September 9 I do hope that he is successful in building up a personal holding of Scottish Widows shares in view of......
Knocking The Times
From Dr John A. H. Wylie Sir: When one is both grateful and honoured as I am to see my offering figure in the august pages of The Spectator it may be thought unseemly to crave......
William Muller
Sir: I have been asked to undertake some original work on the painter William Muller, 1812-1845, with a view to a monograph and a probable exhibition. I would be grateful for......
On The Slide
Sir: PC (Notebook, September 2) takes the Times to task for its " steadily-declining " level of accuracy in reporting. It began to slide downhill, he says, "when advertisements......
Unlimited Massage
Sir: Reading your often equilibristic and obviously inevitable English with pleasure and curiousness I am (with my Cassell's) sometimes frustrated by newborn or mediaeval words.......
Juliette's Weekly Frolic
It's enough to make a girl weep. There I was the proud possessor of three conlecutive winners and a second from the last four selections, preparing to pay a long-overdue tribute......