12 JULY 1997, page 26

Aitken And I

Sir: To judge by his dyspeptic Diary piece on me (28 June), Boris Johnson did not have a good day at the races. Can I set the LETTERS record straight on a couple of points?......

Sir: In The Interest Of Preserving Paul John- Son's...

blood vessels, permit me to confirm that Mr Mohamed Al Fayed has never met Mr Alan Rusbridger. The only thing Mr Al Fayed has asked of the Guardian is honest and fair reporting.......

Letters When Sympathy Is Cheap

Sir: The soul-searching — if what Paul Johnson writes can be dignified with such complexity — displayed by him and Sir Peregrine Worsthorne over Jonathan Aitken's problems (And......

Sir: Paul Johnson's Hallucinations About The Scott Trust,...

and its editor have to be diagnosed as an incurable ill- ness. I have discovered over many years that Johnson is as uninterested in verifying facts before he publishes them as......

Snide And Sneering

Sir: Once a gossip columnist, always a gos- sip columnist. Paul Johnson is right to draw attention to the malignant influence over the years at the Guardian of its putative......

Loyal Supporter

Sir: If it be the case that the British public vote in the best and most suitable govern- ment for the circumstances of the time, then Paul Johnson is right to support all of......

Paul Johnson Writes: Hugo Young And Alan Rusbridger Did Not

go to Hong Kong as mere journalists. There were indeed Guardian people present in that humble capacity. But Mr Young and his friend went there as media grandees, as members of......