Hurrying Backwards
S . lit. Sir Hamish MacLaren's sweeping statements In his letter to the Spectator (April 9) surprised me greatly. When he stated: 'The 1961 constitution allows African votes on......
Cricket And Politics
SIR,.—Whatever Quoodle is, he isn't 'long-haired'— although judging from those so carefully trained strands, this isn't from want of effort. But this, as he well knows, has......
Master Betty
SIR,—I am engaged in research for a book about Master Betty (1791-1874), known as the Young Roscius. I am anxious to get access to privatofr owned letters, newspaper cuttings......
Sia,—in Randolph Churchill's Letter Quoted By Christopher...
young ladies on the staff of the Queen are accused of ignorance possibly caused by being insufficiently Well travelled. Few of us can hope to be as well travelled as Mr.......
Sts, - --really, Canon Collins And Other Labour Apolo-...
allowed to get away again with the monstrous allegation that 'the roots of the Labour Party are in moral principles.' One of the chief supporters of this party is the trade......
Sir, Having Read With Pleasure The Correspondence Between...
and Mr. Stevens, 1 am never- theless puzzled by Mr. Churchill's reference to 'La Petite Larottsse.' is this one of the young ladies who work for the Queen or is it one of Mr.......
Letters To The Editor
From : Olwen Battersby, J. G. Wood, R. .Nekosta Ayuru, John Davenport, L. G. Begg, Madeleine Ribillard, Dew Gardner, Frank Barraclough, Daphne Hereward, William Phillips, R. E.......
Misplaced
SIR,—'Great heavens! As a consistent professionitl reader and admirer of your paper 1 was horrified to discover' that Mr. Charles King, a correspondent for a news service, is......
Sts,—two Touring Sides For The First Time, Quoodle? In 1912,
when the South Africans were here too, my father took me to see the Australians at Park Avenue. He said George Hirst was past his best, and, when he got Kellaway, Macartncy and......
Stout Cortez
is time someone told that prince of political commentators, Alan Watkins, that Keats erred, that '-stout Cortez' never got within a thousand miles of the Pacific, that in......
Sir, —the Delicious Correspondence (revealed By...
of the Queen and Mr. Churchill contained one major sur- prise: that Mr. Stevens himself can write. Anyone who can compose a phrase as thrilling as 'Having reeked your venom on......
The Race Bill
SIR,—Would it count as race hatred, within the meaning of the Bill, if Africans demonstrated against white oppressors in Trafalgar Square? DAPHNE HEREWARD......
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