30 OCTOBER 1971, page 21

The Irish Mess

Sir: Though Mr Kerr (October --ke did not spot the identity of redoubtable 'Mad Mike' (Brigasi Calvert), he surely has a _P°`,..." made months ago by Mr w°") / throne in the......

Ostrich Truths

From Mrs C. Visser Sir: How long will you and other quite intelligent people perpetuate this ridiculous nonsense of "ostriches burying their heads in the sand? '' They never do.......

Gray's Elegy: Voices From America

From Mrs Vera Oldham Sir: An article in the Spectator has come to my attention, quoted by the Los Angeles Times about two months ago. A Peter WatsonSmyth, "a retired......