Prison Sentences
Sir: Any learned judge, to be truly worthy of the epithet, must realise that a prison sentence, of whatever length, is inevitably of lifelong duration, since the stigmata......
World Service
Sir: I believe the Government is planning to reduce the amount of money it provides to finance the BBC World Service. Probably few people in Britain ever listen to the BBC's......
Vietnam Refoliation From Dr Bernard Dixon
Sir: You printed a letter from a Mr A. J. H. Brown (January 19) who erroneously asserted that I had claimed in my column (January 5) that as a result of defoliation, "the land......
Pornography
Sir: I dined once, city unspecified, in the house of a horrible hostess whose • idea of 'fun' was to invite persons certain to hate one another's views. On similar grounds, no......
Abortion
Sir: I write with reference to your edi- tonal Abortion on demand (April 13). Termination of pregnancy becomes more and more unpleasant for all concerned, more dangerous to the......
Politics And Principles
Sit: With all due respect to your view's ' on the speculative reclamation and other land* dealing activities 'undertaken by members of Harold Wilson's staff, surely the whole......
Speech And Manners
Sir: Those who want to abolish private Schools frequently point to the advantage that 'posh' speech and good manners give a child. They want to abolish this advantage — by......
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