The Angry Young Man
SIR,—What a pity Mr. John Osborne insists on looking down in anger on (thank you, Mr. Collin!) your observer's observation of an English play- wright. Has he no forward-looking......
'the Brain-washers' .
S112,—Brian Inglis's article was excellent, and sounded a timely warning against physical methods of treat- ing mental illness. Your correspondent Phoenix was fortunate in......
Bond And Free
SIR,--On a point of theology. In your leading article last week you said, 'To say that all men were and even should be treated as the sons of God was, therefore,, to initiate a......
Sir,—brian Inglis, Speaking About Balint's New Book On...
'I shall be surprised if Dr. Eysenck, after reading it, does not agree that such work is worth a thousand scientific experiments.' He will. I have. It isn't.—Yours faithfully,......
S1r,—mr. John Osborne Is An Angry Young Hum- Bug. He
has made his name and fortune by rejecting and deriding the conventions of our society. It is illogical for him to invoke those standards when he does not like what has been......
Qat Sir,—in Her Letter Which Appeared In Your Issue Dated
April 19, Miss Helen Cochrane has not got her facts quite right. The campaign against qat in Aden is being con- ducted mostly by young Aden-born Muslim Arabs who realise what an......
'brains Trust' Ratings
SIR,—In 'A Spectator's Notebook' of April 12, Pharos says that 'a potentially attractive programme like the Brains Trust has sometimes failed to attract even 1 per cent. on the......
Anglo-saxon Platitudes
SIR,—When Mr. Amis condescends to a reasoned attack on Milton, .Chaucer, etc., it will be possible for his opponents to satisfy Mr. Mandle with a reasoned refutation. As it is,......
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