16 JULY 1988, page 23

Patronage

Sir: Taki is so miffed (High Life, 2 July) at getting only one mention in Charles Benson's book (I have no serious com- plaint about my four) that, while biting the hand that he......

Utley's Girls

Sir: As the very first of Peter Utley's Daily Telegraph 'girls', (see 'The truest Tory', 15 June) may I contribute some reminiscences? Peter told me I got the job with him......

Wants To Be Alone

Sir: I find myself in such agreement with Miss Brookner (Books, 25 June) about (a) the importance of being alone, and (b) Gibbon's 'Solitude is the school of genius.' But hasn't......

Letters Child Abuse

Sir: Even allowing for the fact that Myles Harris's article on child sexual abuse (The Cleveland conundrum', 9 July) clearly went to press a few hours before the Butler-Sloss......

The Spectator

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