3 SEPTEMBER 1954, page 12

Letters To The Editor

SHOULD CHURCHES BE SAVED ? SIR,—Mr. John Betjeman unfortunately mis- represented the facts when he wrote last week of 'the Bishop of Ripon's determination• to pull down the......

Sta,—in His Pointed Letter Last Week Mr. J. A. Kcnsit,

who states that he was on the platform at the Protestant meeting, denies that the cauliflower which Sir Compton Mackenzie alleges that he threw at the platform and struck......

Did Moscow Loosen The Shackles ?

$115, —Is it entirely accurate to describe the events in the Soviet cultural world of just under a year ago as a 'perceptible loosening of the ideological shackles,' to use your......

The Crisis In The Church Of England

Sia,—Recent correspondence has confirmed my impression that many even well-educated people are unaware of the legality of con- fessions in the Church of England. The law of the......

Sta,—really Mr. Betjeman Begs A Very Big Question In A

Spectator's Notebook last week. I do not know the Rector of Sandwich, who has charge of all three of Sandwich's churches. I do not know if the other two are full of devout......