17 OCTOBER 1970, page 20

Shakespeare And Dr Rowse

Sir: By being so irrationally offen- sive to all who hold different views from himself, Dr Rowse's article does no credit either to his cause or to his own reputation as a......

Pencil Ends

Sir: My only suggestion to Jossleyn Hennessy (3 October—'Short pencil' in his difficulty is to form a charity, the sole purpose of which would be to collect pencil- ends and to......

Competition

No. 626: A hundred years hence Set by E. 0. Parrott: Each week the SPECTATOR publishes an extract from 'A Hundred Years Ago'. Competitors are asked to furnish an item from the......