22 NOVEMBER 1968, page 25

Who Gets The Chair ?

Sir: Hugh Trevor-Roper (Letters, 15 Novem- ber) states: 'Miss Starkie claims that her high- pressure methods once gave us W. H. Auden as Professor of Poetry' (Letters, 8......

Biafra And Human Rights

LETTERS From Major-General H. T. Alexander, Godlre s . C. Okeke, W. H. Irvine. Lord Monson. Dr Enid Starkie,_ Frank Teer, Samuel Bri' tan, Arthur Shenfield, D. H. Cameron, R. G......

Sir: Your Leader 'biafra And Human Rights' Should Be Sent

to the 'experts' in Whitehall to read, because about two centuries ago, English humanists like William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp were pleading for the......

Enter The New Fascists

Sir: In attempting to refute your description of student militants as the 'new fascists,' Mr Nicolas Walter (Letters, 8 November) cites in their favour their alleged approval of......

A New Theory Of By-elections

Sir: I should like to make some observations on Mr Lawson's new theory of by-elections (8 November): 1. Nobody disputes that swing is a crude measurement. It ignores factors......

Black Scorpion

Sir: It is a pity that John Wells does not find himself in reality at the business end of Colonel Adekunle's 'machine gun' (probably his sub- automatic personal weapon) instead......