12 NOVEMBER 1983, page 24

Banana Skin

Sir: As the Festive Season approaches it is pleasing to see Paul Johnson skating by on one of his own banana skins. Criticizing Harold Evans last week, he wisely observes that......

Sir Oswald's Attraction

Sir: Nicholas Mosley may be interested in my own reaction to his father on his release from prison in November 1943 when, as cub reporter on the Oxford Mail, I was the only......

Giant Among Men

Sir: Must we suffer any more silly letters and comments about streets and places named after Nelson Mandela? That he is a giant among men is clear to anyone who has read his......

Letters

Holding heavy water Sir: Well yes, it is true that the theory of nuclear deterrence now appears to hold more (heavy?) water than it did to some of us, like Geoffrey Strickland......

Tolstoy's Flight

Sir: It is uphill work satisfying reviewers, particularly those who wish one had written the book they never quite got round to writing themselves. John Stewart Collis (1......

Kal 007

Sir: I have found of much interest Murray Sayle's recent articles regarding the tensions in the Far East and the destruction of the Korean KAL 007. It seems unlikely that the......