27 SEPTEMBER 1957, page 16

Sir,—for Fear Of Its Misuse Mr. Ray Would Dis- Courage

the introduction of margarine in the average British kitchen. I am happy to say that from my experience of the good British cooks' power of dis- crimination I do NOT share his......

'axed'

SIR,-1 should like to assure Mr. St. John that have indeed heard of the 'Over Forty-Fives Association. Would he be so good as to tell us, for the sake of interest, how many......

Sut,—perhaps One Should Not Take Mr. Evelyn Waugh Too...

one does not need to be a psychiatrist to be convinced that he is aware of his own limi- tations, which is as it should be. But he goes rather too far in implying (without......

The Last Trump

SIR,—We have, solemnly, declared that we will never be the first to use the atomic weapon. Surely it is a great and unwarranted assumption on Mr. Wettern's part that after the......

Manalive

SIR,—My attention has just been drawn to the article in your current issue by Mr. Christopher Hill on 'The Church, Marx and History,' in which he states that 'the late Mr.......

Cri De Crevecoeur

SIR,—The '12.6ponse de Crevecceue seems to deal very adequately with Mr. Cyril Ray's original 'cri,' except that it leaves him unenlightened as to 'what goes into margarine.'......

Passports

SIR,—One would not wish that Strix in his fascinating article 'Slim Volume' should make a false point in stressing the enormous changes and their implications in the passport of......

S1r,—mr. Beckett Was Generously Served By His Re- Viewer....

Julia Strachey is wrong when she calls Jacques Moran a sadistic clergyman. He is of the Catholic laity; he explicitly states on p. 13 0 that he is one of the lay faithful. She......