16 MAY 1952, page 16

Spenser

SIR,—Mr. Harold Nicolson has every right to disapprove of Spenser's Irish politics and to resent the boasts of those who claim to have read all the Faerie Queene in their......

Fritillaries

SIR,—Mr. Grigson says, truly, that "the fritillary has gathered a good many names." Most of them he enumerates. "In Matthew Arnold's Oxfordshire," he says, "the classic county......

Branch'-line Railways

Sut,—Branch-lines do not pay because of extravagant administration. Instead of putting one ticket-seller on the train, the railways man every wayside halt with a booking-clerk......

Sir,—i Read With Interest Valentine Ward's Letter Dealing...

problems of film distribution, and should like to offer a little comment. Any cinema manager will tell you that, should there be further cuts in tilt import of American films,......

Letters To The Editor

Keeping Films Going SIR,—I am glad to note the comment in your,issue of May 2nd that the President of the Board of Trade will need to be "tough and wary" in his deaFrigs with......