15 NOVEMBER 1997, page 34

A Good Speaker

Sir: When Robert Rhodes James castigated at length those of us who paid tribute to the life of Viscount Tonypandy (Not as nice as all that', 18 October), I was moved to com-......

Sir: Unattractive But Vain, Pompous, Opin- Ionated Rather...

defer- ential to power and politically correct atti- tudes, who are the modern Widmerpools? Surely, almost to a man, the bishops of the Church of England. Revd Anthony Hammond......

Favouritism

Sir: Now Bernie Ecclestone has had his money back, can Labour voters have their manifesto commitment back too? If the tobacco companies and their friends haven't paid for this......

The Sober Truth

Sir: Friendship is a fine thing but the 'cer- tain amount of alcohol' Alistair Cooke (Letters, 1 November) says he drank with Mr and Mrs Neil Hamilton 'over many hours' seems to......

Malice In High Places

Sir: The letters written in support of Nicholas Soames (6 November) were pre- dictable. I had hoped that someone would write recalling his verbal onslaught on Diana, Princess of......

Sir: Ideally Today's Widmerpool Candidate Served As An...

the second world war, became a Labour MP, thence to the Lords, is by nature a blusterer and a verbal bully, and, for me, the one man who fits this description is Denis Healey.......

Come Clean

Sir: I notice with regret that E-Mail addresses are now being appended to some of the letters in your correspondence col- umn. Please may I make a plea that full addresses be......

Sir: I Would Like To Make It Clear At The

out- set that I do not approve of this Widmer- pool business. But a friend of mine has asked me to point out that the Widmerpool to end all Widmerpools is Richard Bran- son. Mrs......