17 MAY 1968, page 30

Age Of Consent Sir : Now That Parliament Is To

iron out anoma- lies affecting the age of majority, it might also take another look at the age of consent. It has always struck me as an odd reflection on the national character......

A Case Of Human Sacrifice

Sir: Dr Peter Smith (3 May) makes the definite assertion: 'The sonic boom will invade us.' It is an assumption for which I know of no technical support as regards the Concorde,......

Lost Chances Down Under

Sir: I have read the article by Anthony Burney in your issue dated 19 April, and I would agree, as I am sure most of us would who are con- cerned with maintaining the......

Grace Notes Sir : Nigel Lawson Describes Leila Berg's Book

Risinghill as a `scrappily written polemic' and as being `ludicrously one-sided' ('Spectator's notebook,' 3 May), without realising what a scrappily written polemic and how......

The Royal College Of Music

Sir: I am writing a history of the Royal Col- lege of Music which is to be published during 1970 by Messrs Cassell and Company Limited. May L through you, ask any of your......

Waiting For Adolf

Sir: During more than thirty years as a librarian I have frequently wondered how some books have come to be written, let alone pub- lished. Michael Calvert's letter about his......

Abortion Ethics

Sir: The dog-fight in your columns about the precise degree to which the BMA is willing for doctors to take social factors into account in abortion, is beginning to take on the......

Edward In The Lions' Den Sir: May I Point Out

to Auberon Waugh (Edward in the lions' den,' 3 May) that the British National party merged eighteen months ago with the League of Empire Loyalists, Greater Britain Movement, and......