17 JANUARY 1958, page 14

Tranquillisers Sir,—in His Paragraph On Tranquillisers,...

satisfactory ones calm the mind without inducing sleep or loss of normal faculties, and do not lead to addiction, but opposes their use on the grounds that they can represent a......

Columbia Market Sir,—i Am Tired Of Seeing My Name Quoted

and my views misrepresented by your correspondent Mr. Fleet who writes from Bethnal Green Town Hall. Because I mentioned that Darbishire's Columbia Market on its hill looked......

Sir,—in His Letter About Passchendaele (spectator ,...

Young states : fact the monsoon conditions of August, 1917, were no worse than in the three previous years.' This statement needs correction; it is quite contrary to the......

Guest Of Midian

SIR,—Reviewers" of Mr. Philby's books have a habit of blaming those British officials who, in 1914-24, backed what reviewers call the 'Sharifians': they echo Mr. Philby's......

Edwardian Torpedoes

SIR,—Cyril Ray is wrong in suggesting that the torpedo-shaped cigar faded away with the memory of King Edward VII (Spectator, December 13)— neither has. I enclose a portion of a......

Passchendaele-

SIR,—Passchendaele is the MYTH of the Battle of Third Ypres. There were a number of British in- fantry attacks in Third Ypres and almost the same number of German......

'the True Blue'

SIR,—There are one or two points in Mr. Cyril Ray's review of my book The True Blue which I think could stand a riposte. Mr. Ray questions my choice of subject, surely a very......