21 JULY 1979, page 17

The Boat People

Sir: Mr George Heygate has written a mean-spirited and factually distorted letter commenting on Alexander Chancellor's remarks on the Vietnamese refugees in his Notebook for 30......

Defending Barrie

Sir: What is it about J.M. Barrie that makes Benny Green write of him with such scorn? So Barrie could not consummate his marriage because of early psychological wounds? Deeply......

Scrap It!

Sir: If ever a man earned his wages it is the miner at the coal-face harvesting energy for you and me. There is no better time to witness the injustice of the tax on earnings......