18 MARCH 1966, page 13

Sir, —mr. Geor G E Wheatley Is Wron G If He Ima G Ines...

criminal is one by choice. He for g ets the sexual offender, the criminal who is in any wa ) mentally ill, and, more often than not, the recidivist. He would do well to read......

The Scandal Of Parkhurst Jail

SIR,—It made me as wrathful to read Geor g e Wheat- ley's nasty and cheap letter as. in the opinion of Blake. it m ade Heaven to see a bird ca g ed. We must on no account, Mr.......

Racism

SIR,—Is the SPECTATOR, like other hien pensant pub- lications, not guilty of inverted McCarthyism when dealing with immigration? Anyone who urges restric- tion is labelled......

C - 7 Lar L -3 C) 71i -- Micron

From: Jonathan S. Boswell, T. C. Skellington- Lodge, William Phillips, G. Reichardt, Gyles Brandreth, Susan Knibbs, Marjory H. Phillips, Alfred Sherman, S. M. Wyllie, A. G. F.......

The Earnings Rule

Sur,—There is an aspect of this rule which I do not remember havin g seen mentioned in print. Like others I paid for my National retirement benefit but was never allowed to draw......

The Cane In Schools

SIR,—In what cloistered sanctuary has your corres- pondent W. Williams been livin g ? Between 1918 and 1926 1 was more than once caned (on the hand) in my Yorkshire g irls'......

Diabetes On The Increase Sir,-1 See That John Rowan Wilson

finds the modern management of diabetes 'rather boring' (SPECTATOR. February 25), but I suspect that many diabetics might disagree with him. While it is true that diabetes can,......