27 DECEMBER 1969, page 25

Pornographer's Dilemma

Sir: Your Christmas number oilers us (20 December) 'The pornographer's dilemma' as its main attraction. Very contemporary, too. The youths of the 'seventies—see the sur-......

The Rate For The Job?

Sir: It seems to be the custom nowadays for young correspondents to the BBC and even to the SPECTATOR (13 December) to give their ages when they sign their letters. It is......

Anderson's Complaint

Sir: One cannot help being amused by the 'Royal Court Affair'. I hope your able cor- respondent, Mrs Hilary Spurting, realises how very privileged she is to be singled out to......

Britain And Biafra

Sir: We can all certainly agree that the starvation, death and misery which exists in Biafra and parts of Nigeria is the product of the continuing civil war. This war could be......

The Great Space Folly

Sir: I agree completely with the title of Edward de Bono's article 'The great space folly' (29 November), which is known to me by a report of the Siiddeutsche Zeitung, but I......

The Curb On Public Spending

Sir: Surely Nicholas Davenport (13 Decem - ber) is being unduly uncritical when he takes for granted that public-sector investor necessarily entails the 'creation of useful......

Open Letter To Edward Boyle

Sir: 1-!ow sad and unnecessary has been the degeneration from Mr Worsthorne's 'open letter' and Professor Ayer's subsequent com- mentary to the red and shotten herrings of......