The Canker In Our Midst
SIR,—The following may perhaps be of interest : engaged on research recently, .I discovered that the well-known 'carpe diem' of Horace's Ninth Ode is in fact a misreading of......
Voluntary Work Sni,—is There Unpaid Work, Useful And...
be done in England today'? I have lately retired from my firm in India and I shall be home for good in the spring; still reasonably young and sound in wind and limb. I have no......
Orde Wingate
SIR,—Having completed a biography of the late Major-General Orde Wingate, I am looking for suit- able illustrations. If any of your readers have un- published photographs of......
Sir,—my Question To Pharos Remains Unanswered, So May I Try
again'? 'Who is to decide what is better for the public other than their own choice?' In case Pharos is in an answering mood, here is a second question : Did he see any of the......
Sir,—mr. Vaizey Writes With Real Compassion And Makes A Plea
for better houses, schools; and mental - deficiency hospitals. I can only claim to have real knowledge of one such hospital, but it may hearten Mr. Vaizey to know of the......
Not Fit For Canines Si11,—`come, Friendly Bombs, And Fall On
Slough; it is not fit for humans now. . . If you substitute 'canines' for 'humans,' the poet John Betjeman is bang up to date. A harsh edict in one town now forbids a dog to sit......
Scarborough Via Lincoln
SIR,-1 am puzzling on how Taper managed to see Peterborough, Lincoln and York on his way to Scarborough. I may be wrong, but I should not imagine that any train takes such a......
Am Distressed That The Correspondence Columns Of The...
betray the existence of such an illiberal and unsympathetic attitude to- wards those who, for one reason or another, have become addicted to alliophagy. The enlightened view,......
Itv Programmes
SIR,—What, may I ask Pharos, is particularly humiliating about losing a game on television? As one of the contestants on Dotto I did not feel particularly humiliated when I......
Sir,—a Young Aircraftman, The Author Of A Letter...
you on September 5 under the heading s, 'Recruitment,' is now serving a sentence of two weeks' detention for disobeying an order. The order M question states that he should not,......
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