The Opiate Of Deterrence
Sir: Mr Ivor Richard in his interesting letter of 7 April (which I have just seen) seems to be quite in error on two points. He states: 'It has recently been estimated by the......
Afterthought
JOHN WELLS The great virtue of a good open-air fairground ride, as opposed to an indoor one with mechanical moans, skeletons jiggling up and down and wisps crf artificial cobweb......
Man Of Power
Sir: 'Bless him,' writes Auberon Waugh, and, again, 'Bless his old heart . . .' One who, at other times, can be so stridently Christian should surely temper his malice—at least......
Farewell To The Censor
Sir: In your last issue Mr J. W. M. Thompson writes 'the abiding impression is one of amazement that the Lord Chamberlain's function as stage censor was not ended many years......
Sir: If Auberon Waugh Has To Ask What The Letters
in E=mc 2 mean, then he wouldn't under- stand if Lord Snow told him. Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge I. C. Phillips......
A Study In Lost Causes
Sir: Mr Raven, in his interesting and amusing article 'A study in lost causes' (16 June), seems to equate vice with sexual pleasure and virtue with sexual abstinence. In other......
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