19 AUGUST 1978, page 18

Thorpe And The Press

Sir: There are many points in the article by Patrick Marnham on Thorpe and the press which provoke comment. But the foundation of his piece is the assertion that the Sunday......

Militants

Sir: When a learned Professor indulges in personal abuse (5 August) — 'a resurrected suffragette', 'feminism so insecure' — something has hit him on a weak spot; but whatever......

False Rights

Sir: Judith Acton questions (Spectator, 12 August) the propriety of Mrs Judith Hart, as Minister of Overseas Development, including Indonesia in the states not 'having seriously......

The Ilo

Sir: Mr Jack Coates, Employer Member of the Governing Body of the ILO, paints altogether too rosy a picture of that organisation (Letters, 29 July). I would agree that this......

Laying Down The Law

Sir: Seldom have I seen a more blatant example of selective reporting thro appeared in the Notebook (29 July) dear with the Law Society's leaflet advising public on complaints......

Timelessness Book Sir: I Am In The Process A Writing

a , pa f about time and would be grateful t° from any of your readers who have e x t enced moments of timelessness. John-Francis Phipps 43 Leckford Road, Oxford......