A Letter To My Son
LETTERS From I. B. H. Tutyne, Bishop Frank Hough- ton, Rev John Huxtable, Martin Shalkross, Mrs Elizabeth M. Kemp, Andrew R. Gaynor, J. L. Lord, Rev Gordon Wilson, T. E. W.......
Sir: I Would Like To Congratulate Simon Raven On An
admirable piece of paternal advice, which his son will undoubtedly appreciate before he is much older; I know I have done myself ever since my father spoke to me in such a......
Sir: Although A Regular Subscriber To The Spec- Tator I
have little idea of the ages of your contri- butors. I had always thought of Mr Simon Raven as a man in his early twenties making his living by Perpetrating odd and immature......
Sir: In Reviewing Pamela Hansford Johnson's Hook On...
Rowan Wilson (10 March) says that most ordinary people feel 'that the intellectual leaders of our society have with great brilliance and ingenuity destroyed most of the moral......
On Iniquity
Sir: John Rowan Wilson's book review last week contained wise reflections on current trends in journalism, television, the cinema and the theatre, such as I have longed to see......
The Purpose Of Education
Sir: In 'Personal Column' (3 March) Anthony Bor- ges, presents an admirably argued point of view. His proposition that the real function of education is to show us how to read......
Sir: I Am A Free Church Minister, Entertaining Perhaps Some
of the 'poisonous enthusiasms' from which Simon Raven believes the Church of England to be free: it is 'a quiet and decent superstition.' Anglicans do not need me to come to......
Sir: Have You The Courage To Print A Letter From
a mother to her daughter, whose virginity she wishes her to retain, as against such a man as Simon Raven exhorts his son to be. And have you also the courage to record the......
Sir: I Think I Must Be One Of Many Readers
of the SPECTATOR over a long period who are surprised and distressed that you should have printed the article by Simon Raven in your issue of 10 March. I pass over his cheap......
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