25 NOVEMBER 1955, page 17

The Name's The Same

SIR,—The Spectator did not reach me in Italy last week, so I missed Mr. Peter Forster's letter about my review of his novel. He has misunderstood me. When I wrote of his......

Undesirable Emigrants Sta,—as Mr. Robert Kee Seeks To...

twelve young men without having read their letter, and Mr. Lindsay Anderson fears that some of your readers who did not see it maY have been given a false idea of it, you maY......

English As She Is Wrote

SIR, —May I add to the notices for foreign visitors to Italy, recorded by Mr. Betjeman in 'City and Suburban,' the following: 'Dames are requested to keep their heads vested to......

Super-superlatives

Sta,—Surely every schoolboy knows of the syn- theticsubstance laevolcucyttriglycyllaevoleuey.1- triglycyllaevoleucyloctaglycylglycine. — Yours JAMES WAT T Middlefield, Cu par.......

St. David's College, Lampeter

SIR,—When Mr. Betjeman referred (Spectator, November 11) to the charms and anxieties of St. David's College, he did not mention the chief cause of the college's straits. Alone......

Spastics

SIR,—Thoughts arc now turning to Christmas, that great Festival of Giving, and all over the land advance plans are being made for family reunions and rejoicings. At this time,......

Sir,---the Absence Of Any Coherent Argument, Which...

reply to Mr'. Fairlie, has already been diagnosed by Mr. Fairlie. But a good deal has, magnani- mously, been left unsaid. Mr. Anderson describes himself and his co- signatories......