2 AUGUST 1968, page 31

Head Man Shock

Sir: Having observed the efforts of presumably well-intentioned people in this country to belittle the achievement of Dr Barnard and his associates, I am not altogether......

Blackballs

Sir: Mr Thos. Magner (Letters, 26 July) deplores your printing 'the two' obscene words in Clement Freud's review of James Baldwin's latest novel. He is coy about identifying......

Singapore

Sir: We are engaged in writing and compiling a book to be called One Hundred and Fifty Years of Singapore to be issued next year to mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of......

A Pretty Pass

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Italy—The Brenner Pass is not normally thought of as a tourist resort. The surrounding mountains, it is true, provide breathtaking climbs for the amateur......

Hardy Annual

Sir: I am surprised that Mr Seymour-Smith had time to step into Max Gate (19 July), as his sneer at the Thomas Hardy Festival is so riddled with inaccuracies his nearest viewing......