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Reflects on Antonin Artaud, the legendary French Surrealist and theorist of the Theater of Cruelty. His life history and special reference of his confinement in the asylum of Rodez in southwest France; Mention of his important works; Exhibition of his drawings, paintings and manuscripts at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France.

Criticizes the efforts of Boeing to develop the Dash-200 aircraft in 1968. Problems associated with the application of supersonic technology in the airplane; Comparison of the aircraft with the Concorde aircraft produced by the British Aircraft Corp.; Failure of the aviation industry to raise money needed to create a commercial supersonic planes; Implications of the challenges faced by the industry for the military operations of the U.S. in Vietnam.

Presents information related to the politics and government in Cuba. Assessment of the policies of Cuban President Fidel Castro on market economy of the country; Appraisal of the public support for the policies of Castro; Information on the proposed summit of socialist countries in Cuba; Influence of Soviet Union over Cuba; Developments in the relation between the U.S. and Cuba.

Argues that India and Pakistan must agree on a cease-fire to their border war before a military dictatorship or a Marxist-based takeover occur in both countries. Incapability of Indian and Pakistani armed forces to sustain a long war against each other; Possibility of communal violence occurrence in the two countries; Implication of the war on the reputations of the Indian and Pakistani military.

The article focuses on "Army Operating Concept: Win in a Complex World" which describes how the U.S. Army will conduct Unified Land Operations as part of a joint force in support of unified action. It mentions multi-domain operations include peer and near-peer capabilities such as long-range artillery, integrated air defense, and counter unmanned aircraft systems technology. It also mentions Field Manual (FM) 3-0 and preventing the enemy from disrupting friendly sustainment operations.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article by Christopher Prendergast on the merits of different translations of the works of novelist Marcel Proust published on November 7, 2014.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the review of "The Lawn Road Flats, " by David Burke in the June 27, 2014 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to Thomas Dilworth's "Commentary" in the January 27, 2012 issue.

A letter to the editor about the lost work of poet William Empson is presented.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a review written by Clive James in the August 22 and 29, 2008 issues.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article about the sketches of Elgar's Third Symphony.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about the book "Greek Myths," by Robert Graves in the December 23 and 30, 2005 issue.

Presents a letter to the editor about the elimination of tax breaks in corporate entertaining in Japan.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles including "Politics Interview," by Rafael Behr, on potential budget cuts in Great Britain, from the November 30, 2012 issue, "Madness of Crowds," by Will Self, on opera, from the November 30, 2012 issue, and "The Critics," by Vernon Bogdanor, on the Tory political party, from the November 30, 2012 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles that appeared in previous issues including an editorial on the war in Afghanistan that appeared in the December 14, 2009 issue, and the articles by Leo Mckinstry on civilian casualties inflicted during the Second World War and "The Issues," by Richard Dawkins, both of which appeared in the December 21, 2009 issue.

Presents letters to the editor referencing topics and articles discussed in previous issues. "Can Islam Change?," which discussed Islamic reformation; "Where Brits are the New Imperialists" which tackled the Anglification of the Irish high street; "The Happiness Industry" which was about the qualifications and status of life of professional coaches.

Letters are presented from readers responding to articles previously published in 2013 including "The Iraq war: was it worth it?" by Mehdi Hasan, the "Observations" column that discusses a talk by author Germaine Greer, and "Existential jazz," all from the February 15 issue.

Several letters are presented from readers responding to articles from prior issues including "A very English revolution" by William Cash from the September 12, 2011 issue, "Perpetual warfare" by John Gray from the September 5, 2011 issue, and "The new gold rush" by Alex Preston from the August 29, 2011 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Rise of the tenderpreneurs," by Andrew Feinstein and "America versus the hacker," both of which appeared in the June 7, 2010 issue, and "Her dark materials," by Mehdi Hasan that appeared in the May 31, 2010 issue.