28 JULY 1979, page 17

Reprint Beachcomber

Sir: Alexander Chancellor (Notebook of 14 July) rightly endorses Auberon Waugh's lament that we are allowing the immortal Beachcomber to depart unwept, unhonoured and unsung.......

Hooson's Law

Sir: Spectator readers suffering from Mr Waugh's absence are perhaps grateful for the delightful absurdity of Mr Tom Hooson's letter about the immorality of income tax. However,......

The Boat People

Sir: As one who lived through the Thirties I read Nicholas Bethel] with understanding and sympathy. But surely the chief lesson learned then was that democratic idealism had no......

E.m. Forster

Sir: We are preparing a two-volume edition, authorised by the Executors for the Forster Estate, of Selected Letters of E.M. Forster and would appreciate hearing from individuals......

Religious Persecution

Sir: 'The true Christian tradition in social life is that of Thomas More rather than of the Vicar of Bray,' says Geoffrey Wheatcroft in his criticism of the......