Down The Drain
Sir: May I be permitted to comment briefly on the article 'Down the drain,' by Peter J. Smith (19 May)? It seems generally assumed that British scientists emigrate temporarily......
Reporting The General
Sir: Mr Thompson's note (26 May) of British press coverage of President de Gaulle's press con- ference contains a number of inaccuracies. The Times and Guardian reports were not......
Who Gets The Deanery ?
Sir: The issue between Mr Smythe and Professor Trevor-Roper (Letters, 19 and 26 May) whether a layman can be made a cathedral dean is easily answered in terms of law, because......
The Nutting Affair
Sir: I make no reply to Mr Watkins's jibes about 'apoplexy' and 'ranting' except to say that they provide a curious commentary on Mr Watkins's standards of conducting......
Sir: Trevenen Peters Says We Must Not Brush Aside His
arguments as 'hysterical'—but 'hysterical' is, alas, what they are. This is because they rest on the well-worn device of obliterating-all-distinctions. Abortion is likened to......
Cheque Mate
Sir: Randolph Churchill (26 May) has got some of his facts wrong in the Svetlana case (the sum paid by the Observer, for instance)—and perhaps this isn't surprising in view of......