20 MARCH 1982, page 16

Sdp On The Wane Sir: It Is Interesting That Nicholas

Cranston reports huge numbers of undergraduates flocking to join the Oxford University Social Democratic Club (Letters, 6 March). I wonder if he can explain why, after much......

Secular Attitudes

Sir: How can one expect a secular mind like that of Mr A. N. Wilson (6 March) to understand the spiritual attitude of the Vicar of Christ? To read about the Pope persecuting......

With Respect?

Sir: I had to laugh when I read that A. N.. Wilson (6 March), in the middle of a vitriolic attack on the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, politely remarks that he 'intends no......

Letters

A matter of judgment Sir: Among all the millions of words written and spoken in recent months about the sorry industrial and racial state of our nation there is one which has......

Freedom And Tyranny

Sir: In your issue of 13 March there were two articles, by Timothy Garton Ash and Aleksa Djilas, which between them state the whole anti-Communist case. The former's description......

Percival Condemned . .

Sir: Shortly after reading Mr W. E. Arm- strong's letter (27 February) about General Percival, I heard the following story. When the news of the surrender of Singapore came......

... Yamashita Exonerated?

Sir: The original reference to the trial and death of General Tokoyuki Yamashita in Mr Murray Sayle's article on the fall of Singapore (13 February) was made in pass- ing and......