10 APRIL 1993, page 27

Woman's Work

Sir: May I try to answer some of Nick Gilbert's questions ('I/our money or your wife', 20 March) without defending insur- ance companies? I have two children under six and no......

Creeping Deaconesses

Sir: If the Revd Timothy Platts is accusing the Anglo-Catholics of innocence in not objecting to the ordination of woman dea- cons, he is right (Letters, 3 April). I believe you......

This Little Piggy

Sir: I am amazed that Taki (High Life, 20 March) refers to his friends Clore and Stevens as squealing like 'stuffed pigs' — Impossible. Only a stuck pig squeals: once stuffed,......

Letters Who Wears The Trousers?

Sir: The front cover of your 13 March issue ('Breeding winners') carries yet another Printing of a famous photograph taken in July 1937 of two toffs and three lads — except that......

Scotch Mist

Sir: It is rare for an Englishman to show himself able to understand Scotland and few have any chance at all of understanding the delightful complexities of Scottish Church......

A Rebel's Cause

Sir: On the teenage reading debate, I wish to respond to both Emma Forrest's (Tot- ing pop tarts, watching pop videos', 20 March) and Sabina Kalyan's (Letters, 3 April) views on......