The New Towns Sir,—for Fifteen Months I Have Lived In
the New Town of Hemel Hempstead. New Towns arc an important aspect of contemporary life, and presum- ably will increase in number, so it is important that it should be known......
Easter .sir. —mr. Richards Seems To Be The Disputer Over...
He makes an arbitrary contrast between 'his- ' .01 rical fact' and 'fervour-bred myth and symbol.' There are no 'historical facts,' there can only be im pressions, mediated......
Sir, —4 Am Convinced, From Personal Experience, That The...
interviewed by Mr. Allsop about their reading habits (or lack of them 1) were indeed sadly typical, in spite of the references one sees from time to time about the large numbers......
Ivo Time For Reading Sta,—the Pity With Mr. Allsop's Article
last week, No Time for Reading,' at least as far as those in the publishing world are concerned, is that he asked all the right questions to all the wrong people. We already......
Pour Prendre Conge
SIR,—For some years past I have made weekly con- tributions to the Spectator. You feel, and I agree, that this corvee cannot go on for ever without impos- ing on producer and......
Press Council Cases Sir,—it Seems A Pity That Pharos Did
not explain in some detail what he meant when he told us he found nauseating (a favourite word of his) the 'odour of congratulatory self-exculpation' arising from the Press......
Mr. Smyllie, Sir
SIR,—In his otherwise admirable feat of prehensilisa- tion, Patrick Campbell makes the serious error of suggesting that the Maestro would ever have been so meticulous as to file......
Calvin Sir,—the Birthplace Of Calvin Is Noyon (france)...
NYON (Switzerland). Crossword No. 1,038, April 3, 1959; 16 across (answer on April 17).—Yours faithfully,......
Food For Thought
SIR,—As your correspondent, Colin Hands (Spectator, April 10) in his criticism of our article points out, it is certainly true that the present system of support, while giving......
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