13 OCTOBER 1979, page 17

The Crimes Of War

Sir: It won't do. Righteous anger at Nazi atrocities (Letters, 6 October) may explain but it cannot excuse the vindictive and vengeful bombing of German cities by the RAF. I too......

The Counties

Sir: Thamesdown and Humberside may sound, in the words of Sir John Betjeman (6 October), like 'posh hotels'. But better that than a name which evokes a decrepit railway station......

Borges And The Young

Sir: Francis King is obviously very sensitive. First, because Borges did not hang on to his words, and second because some Argentine schoolgirls rejected Borges. In my last......