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Sut,—The controversy about the past behaviour of British Service men in Egypt seems to be conducted between those who regard the Egyptians as a people so civilised that it is......
Sir, —mr. Wingfield Is Right In Correcting The Sug-...
all British clubs in Egypt excluded Egyptians. In Cairo, two clubs founded for the recreation of officers of the Army of Occupation, the Turf Club and the Gezira Sporting Club,......
An Eruption Of Turquoise
SIR,—A case was recently reported in The Times of the wife of the tenant of a council house who had been made ill by the turquoise paint used to paint her house. This,......
Pell Mell
SIR, —Since my letter appeared in The Spectator about a New Zealander's difficulties in finding out the correct pronunciations of 'Pall Mall' and 'Mall' I have received six very......
Sir, Mr. Brookes And Others May Still Be Puzzled By
the fact that 'Mall' has two pronunciations. Alone, 'Mall' rhymes with 'shall'; with 'Pall' in front of it it becomes Well,' i.e., Pell Mell. King George V was quoted in the......
Sir,—as An Egyptian I Was Naturally Interested In The Recent
correspondence headed 'The Despised.' Frankly I was more amused than hurt because my fellow countrymen are not likely to lose much sleep over the fact that Mr. Pickard and Co.......
Czech Resistance
SIR, —Your reproduction on January 11 of 'savage' jokes about an enslaved nation is ill-placed. Back in 1950 the Communist regime in Prague was de- scribed in a United Press......
Government By Old Etonians
SIR,—May I suggest that carping criticism of Etonian achievement, as displayed by Mr. Hollis and Capt. Kerby, is entirely misguided? As a retired schoolmaster I can discover......
Betjeman's Recent Observations On The Great Western...
me only too true. I made over 100 journeys between Reading and London during 1956 and on only three occasions did the train arrive at its destination on time.—Yours 382......
Sir,—i Read With Great Interest Sir Edward Boyle's Views On
the cutting of defence expenditure. Does this mean a corresponding reduction of the per- manent Civil Service? Without a substantial reduc- tion of these absurd numbers, which......
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