Sir,.—may I Congratulate Mr. Sington On His Shrewd...
the Singapore elections, his very just assessment of the objectionably unequal standards of living that have caused the leftward swing and his understanding of the personality......
Straw For Silence
SIR,—Your issue of May 8 contains a very evocative letter by Sir John North about Arnold Bennett's death. I was a schoolboy at the time and I remember the occasion well. But I'm......
Enjoying Shakespeare
SIR,—May I make a comment on Penelope Hunt'S interesting article on 'Reading Aloud' (Spectator, June 12), When I taught English years ago (1915-26) I always found that both boys......
The Campaigns Of Wavell Sul—your Reviewer Concluded That...
might have ended differently but for 'one great blunder' on his part. Are there rewards even higher than promotion to Field-Marshal, a peerage and a viceroyalty? And does the......
The British Radical Sir.—your Correspondent Mr. H. E....
be interested to know that there is already an organ- isation in London catering for radicals. The Radical Reform Group was established in 1953 for that pur- pose. It is......
Abbey Theatre Sir,—in A Journal Of Opinion Like The...
Brian Inglis is, in a way, justified in saying that Ernest Blythe 'owns' the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; the statement is going to cause some grave misunder- standings among those of......
`sunday Break' Sir.—i Think That Mr. Peter Forster Has Made
a point about religious broadcasting which should be heeded by the Church. It wins to me that there is a terrible danger that we shall be so fascinated by the allurements of the......
Festival Hall Audiences Sir,—now It Is Time For David...
comments on the degeneration of Festival Hall audiences. Last Thursday Cziffra was clapped into an un- fortunate encore—a repeat of the conclusion of the Liszt Fantasia. Because......
'der Rosenkavalier'
SIR,—I can understand anyone who actively dislikes Der .Rosenkavalier, or who finds that it's not quite so good as, say, Falstaff or Gotterdiimmerung. But I cannot understand......
Matters Of Motoring Sir,—leslie Adrian Says That If Your Car
is stolen abroad you will probably have to pay duty on it and . that the motoring organisations will not be able to do much more about it than you can. May 1 point out that both......
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