24 AUGUST 1974, page 5

Animal Welfare

Sir: Thank you for your editorial which appeared on August 10. • In fact four members have been expelled to date. The undersigned was present at a great number of sessions when......

Shaw's Evolution

Sir: Benny Green, in his sympathetic and Perspicacious essay on Shaw (August 10), thinks there is "no sadder sPectacle throughout the realm of Philosophic speculation" than the......

Ckekhov And Turgenev

Sir: Kenneth Hurren is that rare thing in our present era, a dramatic critic who IS not a figure of fun; which is no mean achievement and one for which there is no denying of......

No Ulsterman

Sir: My attention has been drawn to an article in your July 13 edition by Mr Rawle Knox entitled 'Ulster: White Paper and scissors', which refers to "... Professor Lindsay......

Baby-bashing

Sir: What a pity John Linklater mixes fact and fiction so fullsomely in his misleading column on 'Baby Bashing' (Spectator, August 10). Does he really believe that Klaus and......

Private Beds

Sir: I have only just read the article by Dr John Linklater entitled 'Gin trap at the Elephant' in the Spectator ofJuly 27 and would like, at this late stage, to correct some......

Labour Directions

From John Lee, MP Sir: The sentiments expressed by the anonymous writer in your issues of July 27 and August 3 are, sadly, not unfamiliar. Articulate reformists in the Labour......

Information Please

Sir: I am writing a biographical and critical study of Arthur Koestler, whose own autobiography ends with his arrival in England in 1940 and who does not intend to write any......

Sir: I Am Writing A Biography Of Sir Harry Smith

and would greatly appreciate any information regarding letters, manuscripts or other materials relating to my subject. Joseph H. Lehmann C/o Jonathan Cape Limited, 30 Bedford......