21 MAY 1965, page 13

Crisis In Gibraltar

f my brief letter on Gibraltar (May 7; too brief. 1 see, but would you have printed a long one?) disturbed any folk there; I regret it. I have been there, by land, sea and air,......

Ungracious Simile

SIR,—Political Commentary' last week included the words: 'He was rather like one of those officious RAF air-sea rescue helicopters which swoop upon unsuspecting, and perfectly......

Norman X

SIR.. —In the review headed 'Norman X' by A. Alvarez (May 7). the critic writes: `Violence and schizophrenia as values in themselves is not a con- cept original to Mailer or......

University Poets

SIR,—I am editing the seventh annual anthology of Universities' Poetry, which each year aims to be a selection of the best student poetry available from the British and......

A Welsh Elegy

SIR,—Havin g been privileged to read an advance copy of Emyr Humphreys's outstanding new novel, 1 was happy to find your reviewer, Goronwy Rees, endorsing my opinion about its......

Miscegenation

SIR,—If racial performance or achievement is to be the criterion, as Mr. Nkosi holds, and if we dis- regard the facts of racial evolution and history, then the least Mr. Nkosi......

Letters To The Editor

From: Miss Enid Lakeman, the Rev. Colin D. Westbrook, Hugh Heckstall-Smith, Edgar L. Thomsett, Group-Captain A. D. Panton, • Keidrych Rhys, H. B. Isherwood, Peter Red- Wove. D.......

Why Pay Cash?

SIR,—Leslie Adrian is too naive when he asks 'Why pay cash?' when account customers pay no more than cash customers at department stores. The managers of such stores are......

Rugby League

Sue.—The best game of rugby Quoodlc has seen this year (by which I take it he means 'this season') was the Rugby League cup final. Poor Quoodle. to have missed the Fiji v. Welsh......