Ordeal At Greenwich
Sir: What staggering masochism, what awe-inspiring gluttony for punishment is displayed by Kenneth Hurren (January 25). His previous indulgence towards John Osborne's......
Abortion
From Professor H. C. McLaren Sir: To complete Mr Leo Abse's review of Babies for Burning (January 18) it is of public interest that the authors had to fight in the courts for......
Eysenck The Terrible
Sir: I must write to protest about a passage in Professor Eysenck's review of the latest Ivan Illich book (January 11). Not that I disagree with his views about that fashionable......
From The Revd J. D. Brown Sir: Professor H. J.
Eysenck's review (January 11) has exposed the shrill polemicism of which Ivan Illich's latest book could no doubt be fairly accused. May we now hope that the Professor's......
Ackroyd And Mishima
Sir: Why did Peter Ackroyd write so vituperative a review of Yukio Mishima's The Decay of the Angel? Those of us who have read the preceding three volumes of the tetralogy, The......
Some Editors Do Get 'em
My Dear Sir: I want to make penfriendship particularly with teenagers both boys and girls of your great country. But anybody of any age, colour, religion, male or female,......
Words
Sir: I was interested to see in your issue of January 18 that Larry Adler, in his book review, used the word "gunser to convey the meaning of a hired gunman or assassin. The......
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