15 FEBRUARY 1992, page 28

Not At All Boring

Sir: Hugh Massingberd's article (`AI! the Queen's men', 1 February) calls Harold Laski a 'doctrinaire Socialist bore'. I sat at Laski's feet for three years after the war a......

Sir: The Philosophy Which Underlies The Claim By Lord...

the Lord Chancel- lor, that public funds can be preserved by cutting out 'unnecessary administration' is surely admirable. Where it falls down, how- ever, is when the cutting......

Divine Inspiration?

Sir: Ludovic Kennedy's description of his atheistic stance leaves me gasping (Diary, 8 February). How could so intelligent a man be content with such an unintelligent basis to......

Still More Balls

Sir: I too enjoyed balls near Athens 30 years ago (Letters, 8 February). They mas- queraded under the name of `ameletita', or 'unmentionables' (`carnations' was an alter-......

Legal Eagles

Sir: It was good to see the letter from the Lord Chancellor (Letters, 8 February). So often Government politicians' point of view is not properly recorded by the media to the......

Art On The Move

Sir: James Hamilton's article on touring exhibitions (Arts, 1 February) gives a some- what misleading picture. My announcement of 6 January made no attempt to mask the fact that......