14 NOVEMBER 1970, page 19

Death In Angola

Sir: The letter from your corres- pondent M. Mortimer on the Church's support of revolution in Portuguese Africa has only just been drawn to my attention and, although belated,......

The Garbage

Dear Mr Editor: I had to write this for school prep and thought you might like to see it. Garbage! Garbage! What a sight When their is a dustman strike, People can have never......

Who Reads Fiction?

Sir: Mr Auberon Waugh's remarks about the Newbury bookseller made me stop and think. I was unaware that people do not read fiction today but I am not sur- prised. The only......

Britain, Russia And The Open Seas

Sir: Lionel Gelber's article (11 Oct- ober) is excellent, but disturb- ing, bringing together all the re- ports of Russian naval expansion over the past few years, into a single......

Sentiments And Interests

Sir: While welcoming your forth- right approach towards the inter- connected issues of East African Asians and South African Arms (31 October), I must take you to task for the......

Fighting Stock

Sir: It would be charitable to as- sume that it is in innocent igno- rance that Mr Rowcliffe in your issue or 31 October quotes but misinterprets the 1961 Rhodesian census......

Life In Withenshaw

Sir: I must take exception to one statement in the brilliant summary of what life in England was like in the 'thirties in Charles Harris's article 'A Lifetime of Paris'. 'Good......

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

Sir: It is difficult to decide whether to attribute John Sparrow's article (31 October), to the exigencies of the reviewers task or to their arro- gance. I would refer to......