24 JANUARY 1964, page 15

Stn,—miss Kathleen Smith's Heart Is Undoubtedly In The...

but her thought needs careful exami- nation. I agree men should not idle in prison and that demanding work may prove salutary. I cannot agree that proper work in prisons is 'the......

The Poetry Society

SIR,—May I use your post-box to inform Britain's poets and dramatists of two competitions sponsored by The Poetry Society in celebration of the Shakes- peare Quater-Centenary?......

The Unnecessary War Sin,—your Leader's Title (spectator,...

all its pejorative undertones, seems a singularly inappropriate description of the defence of the frontiers of a fellow-member of the Commonwealth and one to whom we are bound......

The Cure For Crime Stx,—miss Kathleen Smith's Idea Of The

self-deter- minate sentence as the 'Cure for Crime' sounds delightfully simple, and not surprisingly it has been suggested before. It is also dangerous, because it obscures......

Lost In The Woods

Ivan's Childhood ('A' cer tificate) and Time of the Heathen ('X' certificate). (Both Jacey, Strand.) THE Russians are good at films about children and so long as Ivan's......

Quoodle

SIR,—You will not remember me, but you were a patient of mine, and almost a son-in-law of mine, between 1925 and 1930. At that time I was practising opposite your home in......