3 JULY 1982, page 17

Proper Credentials

Sir: I cannot say that I like the tone of Mr Swanton's reference to Marghanita Laski (Letters, 26 June). The best one can say is that it does not show a great open- mindedness......

Letters

They are all guilty Sir: Some weeks ago the Baathist regime in Syria massacred 25,000 of its own people in the city of Hama. The fascist military dic- tatorship of Iraq......

Junk And Porn

Sir: Paul Johnson's views on broadcasting are always interesting and provocative, but his latest piece in support of Peter Jay and the deregulation of television is unconvinc-......

A Name For An Effect

Sir: If, as your correspondent Mr Hum- phrey Dougherty writes from Madrid (26 June), El Alcazar did use the phrase 'Gans° Verde', it was inventing a place which would be Green......

Yop A Flop?

Sir: It was horribly depressing to • find the Spectator publishing Lord Kilmarnock's ar- ticle on the House of Lords report on unemployment (19 June). I've been at the • sharp......

G.k.c. And Hardy

Sir: In his review of Professor Millgate's biography of Thomas Hardy, Dr A. L. Rowse sadly misquotes G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton did not write: 'The village atheist blaspheming......