25 NOVEMBER 1978, page 17

Things Of The Past'

sir: It is amusin g to watch the contortions of that section , of journalistic opinion that hopes against all odds that peace will not Come to the Middle East and that Israel......

Speak Up, Mrs T

Sir: The opinion polls g ive Labour a 5 percent lead over the Conservatives. There is also heightened criticism of the Conservative leadership. Can one besurprised? The writer......

Postcodes

Sir: The answer to Timothy Dufford's q uestion (Letters 4 November) is yes: letters will be delivered just as q uickly whether the postcode is in capitals or lower case......

By Rail

Sir: I am compilin g an antholo g y of railway journeys in trains of all kinds (transcontinental, private, royal and presidential, prisoner of war and troop, branch line etc),......