2 FEBRUARY 1968, page 27

Poetry For You

Sir: When your publication came, Blue headline caught my eye. John Wells with 'Poetry for you'! I gave a gladsome cry. For long I'd hoped to find a man Who really could expound......

Touj Ours Le Lampiste

Sir : I can only assume that Sir Denis Brogan makes his deliberate mistakes for the fun of seeing which of his many admirers catches him out. Perhaps I might be allowed a turn?......

Sir: Mrs Yvonne Brock (letters, 26 January) Supports Mr...

Bill to prohibit live hare coursing. Without wishing to comment on the sub- ject of hare coursing itself, I note with interest that Mr Helfer was one of the MPS who voted for......

Be Petomane

Sir: Mr Harold Falconer strikes a long overdue blow against the evils of our permissive society (Letters, 26 January). He also reminds us that even in these supposedly......

Fish 'n' Chips

Sir: It appears from Sir Denis Brogan's 'Table Talk,' in your issue of 26 January, that not even a Scot who has been thoroughly corrupted by an English education has the......

Body Of Knowledge

Sir: I am glad Dr Frew (Letters, 26 January) agrees with me on the question of compulsory teaching, and congratulate him on his high per- sonal standards in his patients'......

Amorous Prawn

Sir: I confess I still do not see why Arnold should not have meant what he quite clearly said. Mr Williams's only objection (Letters, 26 January) seems to be to calling an age......

Right-minded

Sir: Mrs Yvonne Brock (Letters, 26 January) does not help the cause of individual freedom by com- paring 'the left' with 'the right.' Of course govern- ment-imposed censorship......

The Great Exchange Fraud

Sir: Mr Wilson, the Great Train Robber, who has now been rearrested in Canada, arrived here three years ago. He immediately purchased valu- able real estate and built a......

No. 486: Octet

COMPETITION Competitors are invited to compose an eight. line poem or stanza of a poem on any one of the subjects given below, using four of the fol- lowing five pairs of words......