18 JANUARY 1957, page 20

The Montgolfians

SIR, —May I supply the hot air to launch Mr. Peacock's balloon? He is mistaken. The LNER adopted the apple-green livery of the old Great Northern Railway. The NER green was......

The Supreme Deterrent Sin,—mr. Angus Maude's Article 'the...

seems to me to be equally mistaken about the hydrogen bomb and about foreign policy. He says : 'We cannot afford to leave the thermo- nuclear weapon to the United States for the......

Rats And Poison

SIR,-1 was indeed glad to read the letter from Mr. Solomon on rats and poison. The thought of the agony suffered by these un- happy animals by the administration of these......