25 OCTOBER 1963, page 20

Maintaining Contact Sir,—with Reference To Last Week's...

the anti-apartheid fortnightly Contact, it occurs to me that, while an immediate and generous response can save the paper meantime, its existence is bound to remain precarious.......

Non-loo

SIR, —Your correspondent P. B. Dannatt may go a step further. I have an engraving of an old picture called The Toilet. The lady depicted is not in the water-closet, nor at a......

To Advantage Dressed

The Balcony. (Academy; 'X' certificate in Lon- don.) A FILM about illusion is almost a piece of self- portraiture, at least enough to involve all sorts. of aesthetic, if not......

Lincoln Said It

SIR,—I do not know what Mr. Papworth has read into the economic advocacy of the late Lord Keynes, but I am - certain of one thing: the great man never suggested that our nation......

Back To Back

Sut, — I have not seen it mentioned anywhere in the press during the past week that there is an interesting parallel to be drawn between the new Prime Minister and President......

The Arts Eating People •

It's quite like the Old Days, when blood- vessels exploded all over Britain at the mention of Gilbert Harding's name; and taking the most optimistic view, I suppose this......

Dr. Erhard's Home Town Sir,—i Refer To The Article By

Sarah Gainham, 'The Second Chancellor,' in the Spectator on October I1. Line five reads: 'Fuerst im Walde.' I want to draw your attention to the fact that it ought to read:......