12 OCTOBER 1991, page 28

On The Ropes

Sir: Mr Fenton Bresler taxes me with call- ing the late Lord Goddard repulsive and the late David Maxwell Fyfe a mediocrity. (Justice for the judge', 5 October). They were both.......

Queer Business

Sir: Lady Longford appears to believe that it was a sledging accident that 'was fatal to [Princess Louise's] trust in her husband,' and M.R.D. Foot does not challenge this old......

On Your Marx

Sir: Your issue of 14 September carried a letter from an A.L. Rowse wondering why Graham Greene et al had been so silly about politics. Presumably this isn't the same A.L. Rowse......

God Bless America

Sir: Stephen Robinson's unbalanced attack on President George Bush (Partial vision, selective morality', 5 October) almost recalled Christopher Hitchens' demented ravings......

Career Girls

Sir: It really irritates me that Dominique Jackson (Stuck for business', 14 Septem- ber) can say 'Sheer economic necessity is still the main reason women resort to sell- ing......

David Lean

Sir: I am working on the research for the official biography of David Lean, and would be immensely grateful for any mem- ories — or letters — your readers might have. I am......

Fat Red Line

Sir: Your correspondent asks (14 Septem- ber) why the Russians one sees queuing for food are so fat. The answer is because bread is plentiful and exceedingly cheap.I have a more......

Quick Obits

Sir: I am sorry that Dominic Lawson, while poking fun at the Independent's obituaries, (Diary, 28 September) could not have found room to praise the Telegraph for its......