12 OCTOBER 1956, page 20

Secret Police Powers

SIR,—Whether the readers of your tradition' ally independent weekly gain any advantage when the 'Political Commentary' is regularlY written by someone so adhesively committed to......

Contemporary Arts

The Bolshoi Ballet THE long-awaited, almost-abandoned, thunder- ously acclaimed, opening performance of the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet in London on October 3 provided ammunition for......

Mechanised Brigade

SIR,—Mr. Guest should no' imagine that the motor-car is a business expense. Licentiates of the oldest profession are respected by tax gatherers, reputedly the second oldest and......

Murder Most Foul

SIR,—Oliver Edwards writes of Thomas Mann, in a recent review : 'Perhaps it was that touch of insensitivity that allowed him, the great artist, to murder our sweet English......