6 MARCH 1976, page 19

Examinations Sir: Since Examinations And All Their...

the microscope It behoves everybody to pay attention to the outcome. Dilettante extremists argue that all examinations are superfluous and should be abolished. In that case how......

Mcmahon Correspondence

Sir: I hope that Professor Kedourie will forgive me if I say that in unravelling the Anglo-Arab labyrinth, he reminded me of a highly skilled dentist whose drill probes through......

Petitioning

Sir: I was interested, as I hope were many of your readers, in Norman St JohnStevas's article about petitions in your edition of 28 February. What you, and perhaps they, do not......

Not Exceed 1 Kg In Weight.'

Here perhaps is a means, by which we can secure not only better government, but also better PO finances—for surely government would pay the Post Office for the work done! Roger......

Rhodesia

Sir: As a regular subscriber to The Spectator, I must express my disappointment with the tenor of your editorial—'Rhodesian opportunity'—in your issue of 21 February. In......