12 MAY 1967, page 25

Afterthought

JOHN WELLS Arriving rather late for dinner on Sunday night at the house of sophisticated friends, I found them in a state of some excitement. They had read that afternoon in one......

Arch-reactionary ?

Sir: By saying that 'intellectually most of Burke's political philosophy is utter rubbish,' Professor J. H. Plumb (5 May) displays a facile super- ficiality characteristic of......