Illusory Revival

Sir: A complete pave of The Spectator devoted to the Liberals' Southport meeting (September 29) is surely excessive. Editorial indulgence apart, the writer of that page......

Britain And The Eec

Sir: Your long and continued opposition to Britain's entry into the EEC is I fear influencing many readers to the highly questionable conclusion that all would be well with the......

Sir: Before The Liberal Party Can Have Substantial Hopes Of

emulating their vintage year of 1906, surely, they must return to their distinctive policies of cheap food and free trade? The Common Market agricultural policy is an anathema......

Labour And Public Schools

Sir: Mr Hattersley's recent statement of Labour's intentions with regard to the direct grant and independent schools need come as no surprise. The strategy of successively......

Public Schools' Rigidity

Sir: The Headmaster of Shrewsbury, Donald Wright, showed the tip of an attitudinal iceberg when he wrote (September 15) of ' penal taxation ' being one of the general influences......

Breast Is Best

Sir: I too applaud John Linklater's article on The Decline and Fall of the Breast (September 8). I feel privileged to have been the eldest of eight children all of whom were......