19 JUNE 1964, page 13

Sta,—opera Has Always Bedevilled The Policies Of The Arts...

as Sir Alan Herbert has recently pointed out. Is this florid, melodramatic art, alien to England, always to be encouraged at the expense of our literary arts? Without being......

Sir,—ii Is Curious That' Mr. Randolph Churchill Is Able To

tell your readers in detail how many reporters the Sunday Times sent to Aberdeen and other places to cover the typhoid story. But he is unable to tell them for certain whether......

'the Honoured Society'

SIR,—By an error the bibliography was left out of the early copies of Norman Lewis's The Honoured Society, reviewed in your columns by Sylvia Sprigge. I would be grateful if I......

Colour And Prejudice

SIR.—Mr. Basil Davidson has some true things to say about British policy in Central Africa. But his theme is decorated, unfortunately, with a number of patronising observations......

One Man's D-day

SIR,—lain Macleod was lucky to have a batman who knew his Bernard Shaw so well as to recall from Arms and the Man: You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his......

Sir,—mr. David Watt, Your Political Correspon- Dent, Is...

right when he suggests that 'none of. Mr. Wilson's famous working groups has been set to consider the problems of public ownership (except, marginally, some of those concerned......

Sir,--i Would Like To Endorse Sir Herbert Broadley's View...

we should build upon the immense good- will and understanding which has been generated by the Freedom from Hunger Campaign during the last two or three years (Spectator:May -......

Ftwi Letters A Task For Youth Sir John Foster, Qc,

MP, Humphry Berkeley, MP, Lord &Wel, MP Colour and Prejudice M. M Carlin The Halfpenny Culture Keidrych Rhys The Typhoid Story D. H. McLachlan One Man's D-Day T. A. Birch Public......