Sir: Professor Trevor-roper May Be Right In Believ- Ing That
Matthew Arnold dearly wanted the laureateship in 1892, but the belief might be a little difficult to substantiate, as Matthew Arnold died in 1888. But there was not such a......
Record Breaking
Sir: I read Leslie Adrian's article on 'Record breaking' with interest in last week's SPECTATOR. Many conscientious 'record dealers—and there are quite a large number in spite......
Abortion And The Law
Sir: Although it is true that the final version of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill now omits the four separate clauses specifying the grounds for legal abortion, Mrs......
Reflections Of An Addict Sir: Dr Plumb Has Entertainingly...
the pro- gress of such drugs as tea from notoriety to the height of respectability (19 May). He might have gone on to note that ermine was bestowed on four or five pedlars of......
Sir: May I Put In A Plea For Common Sense?
What in fact happens when women are compelled to have babies they do not want (even if perhaps they ought to want them)? The Evening Standard answered that very vividly......
Sir: One Can Respect The Principles Of Those...
support the Abortion Bill, yet at the same time doubt whether they have fully realised the grim principle—and precedent—repre- sented by Clause 1(l)(b). This clause permits......
Who Gets The Laurel?
LETTERS From D. P. W. Cooper, Rev J. S. MacArthur, Professoi H. R. Trevor-Roper, C. B. Goodhart, Mrs M. Vaughan, Trevenen Peters, Leslie Palmier, Jonathan Shepard, Christopher......
Who Gets The Deanery ?
Sir: Mr Smythe, who seems to think that I am joking, accuses me of getting my facts wrong (Letters, 19 May). I am serious and I think that my facts are right The Statute of......
Europe And The Bomb Sir: Is The Argument For A
new European power block, inevitably nuclear, really that it would make for a 'genuine peace,' as suggested in the SPEC- TATOR (12 May)? The peace we have is surely as genuine......
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