17 NOVEMBER 1979, page 20

Hungary In Perspective

Sir: It's a shame that Tim Garton Ash's article on Hungary (6 October) should have dwelt so relentlessly on the one aspect of life in that country which is so vulnerable to the......

Social Error

Sir: May I gently chide my friend Alan Watkins for a social error uncharacteristic of this man of our times (27 October). Soirees (as he calls what are usually known as dinner......

Mystifying

Sir: Alexander Chancellor (Notebook, 10 November) refers to the members of the Institute of Journalists as 'a rather mystifying collection of people'. This is an odd reference......

Waugh's World

Sir: There are jokes and jokes (Auberon Waugh, 'No flies in Hong Kong', 3 November), Mr Waugh is offended by a sign at Heathrow airport indicating that there are toilet......

Ing Rams's World

Sir: It is a little puzzling that you retain a television critic who appears only to enjoy the Muppets yet has the gall to advise John Cleese 'Not to Labour Jokes to Death'.......