Nuclear Testing Sta,—it Seems At Present Likely That...
may be resumedpossibly in the atmosphere— because the Western powers cannot contemplate the possibility that the East may have gained some scientific advantage from the recent......
The Case Of Mr. Mutti Sir,—i Was Glad To See
that you made reference to the case of Mr. Jethro Mutti in your issue of February 23. There is one point in your article however which fails to do full justice to the serious......
Last Of The Viceroys
SIR,—In his review of my book, The Last Days of the British Raj, Mr. Philip Mason refers to my criticism of Lord Mountbatten for having delayed publication of the Award of the......
William Butterfield
SIR,—I am collecting material for a biography of William Butterfield (1814-1900), the Victorian church architect, and should be very grateful if any of your readers who have or......
Goodbye To Summer
SIR,—I should like to congratulate Mr. Desmond Fennell on his brilliant article 'Goodbye to Summer.' I myself have often contemplated writing a full- length parody of the......
Those Advertisements
SIR,—One has to have a certain amount of sympathy with Roy Brooks. Being funny was an excellent way to sell houses; but selling houses was at best a stopgap method of being......
Napoleon Brandy
SIR,—It shows what the French Government think of 'vintage' brandies when I inform readers that new legislation (in the form of not granting certificates to stocks of cognacs......
The Myth Of Major Eathekly Sia,--one Of The Great Errors
of Our time is the belief that because a man is intelligent in one sphere of life he must necessarily be intelligent in others. We thus have people accepting Lord Russell as a......
Wine, Women And Beer
SIR, --After the sparkling pint produced by Katharine Whitehorn it must seem like serving up very flat beer to point out that beer sales have not 'been rocketing down since......
Sir,—my Faith In Miss Whitehorn Has Been Some- What Shaken
by her comments on beer-drinking, viz, 'two halves often too much.' I and my contemporaries, average girls in their early twenties,. drink pints, not halves, and can easily......