24 APRIL 1971, page 25

Historians At War

Sir: It is true, as Mr Cosgrave pointed out (3 April) that Mr Hazlehurst's Politicians at War Is, based on an inadequate range or primary material if offered as an account of......

Vers Lib Sir: Forgive Me For Troubling Your Columns Again

so soon, but perhaps you, and my friend of earlier days, John Wain, and even Kate Millett herself, might be in- terested to see some verses on 'Sexual Politics' published in my......

'pen' Browning

Sir: I am making a study of Browning's only son—Robert Wiedmann Barrett Browning, known as Pen. I should be most grateful to any of your readers for information—about his period......

Sexual Politics

Sir: I had never realised that the famous passage from Ecclesiastes: 'Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,......

Dilemma For The Man In The Middle'

Sir: Who are the 'middle men'? I mean those in relatively senior positions in public bodies, colleges, educational institutions and similar bodies. Why worry about them? Because......

The Enemy Within

Sir: Your correspondent, June Blane, has ably enumerated the pernicious influences at work in the media in the current attempt to in- augurate a kind of trendy utopia. Chief......

Sir: The Gist Of Tony Palmer's Article (3 April) Seems

to be: all critics arc fallible and dictatorial; foreign critics can help make or break a production; English critics are ignored. The article shows why. Tony Palmer says......