15 JULY 1989, page 21

Bitter Truths

Sir: I refer to Sam Whitbread's letter (8 July). Even allowing for wishful thinking and an attempt to put a gloss on the facts, his letter states three inaccuracies which should......

Letters Absurd Libel Awards

Sir: Auberon Waugh in his review of the Pressdram v Sutcliffe case (Another voice, 17 June) raises the question of whether a change in the law that juries fix damages in libel......

Sir: Most Of Fleet Street Will Understand Peregrine...

over his change of role at the Sunday Telegraph. Having known and respected him — as I still do for more years than I care to add up, but not being involved in the 'merger' of......

Sir: I Do Not Know Whether Peregrine Worsthorne's...

intended to set off a lugubrious correspondence on `How I was sacked' but his complaint that the loss of a national newspaper seems to merit more than two poached eggs will......

Perry's Breakfast

Sir: Mr Worsthome's description of a `sacking breakfast' (Diary, 8 July) must have distressed every true journalist who read it, except, perhaps, those who had experiences of......