Pornographer's Dilemma
Sir: If only life were as simple as John A. Yates advocates in his letter (3 January). How easily he slots bawdy and pornography into their separate compartments. Could he say......
Robert Odams Rip
Sir: The dismissal of Robin Page (10 Janu- ary) from the Department of Health and Social Security for publishing his articles on 'The Welfare rackets' was a result of violat-......
Christmas Quiz
Sir: May I point out two errors in your quiz (27 December)? (I) In Section 11, 10, Macaulay's hunchback dwarf was surely not Louis xtv who was neither hunchback nor a dwarf, but......
Brush And Pen
Sir: I would be grateful for the courtesy of your columns to inform your readers that the Wyndham Lewis Special Issue of Agenda, which was reviewed in your pages on 10 January,......
Memo To Mintech
Sir: I read with amusement in J. W. M. Thompson's 'Memo to Mintech' (`Spec- tator's Notebook', 3 January) of the perverse meter outside a Kensington resident's home. I recall a......
The Devil Wore A Crucifix
Sir: Permit me to say that I did not like George Gale's piece, 'The devil wore a crucifix' (3 January). Selfishness is no sure remedy for witch-hunting and persecution; the......
In And Out Of Season
Sir: I would not wish for one moment to be thought to be endorsing George Gale's ut- terly tendentious remarks about Jerusalem (27 December 1969). Nevertheless, I fear that the......
The Duke's Tubes Sir: Pity The Poor Common Market Countries,
which, along with most, if not all. of the rest of Europe, have been enduring the miseries of British Standard Time, un- complainingly for years, when according to J. W. M.......
Revolting With Their Feet
Sir: Why do young men of revolutionary appearance place their feet on the seats of underground carriages? I have often noticed this. Are they deviously kicking the pants of the......
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