18 DECEMBER 1993, page 57

Letters History's Hints

Sir: The Irish question has bottomless depths, and it is tempting to do as Simon Heifer does and concentrate on what is going on now and likely to happen in the near future......

Killing Point

Sir: Martin Vander Weyer (`Satisfactory banging noises', 20 November) should have given the pseudo-dukes of Duchess County a miss and spent more time with 'beer-swill- ing,......

Franckenstein's Return

Sir: Many thanks to Mr Norman Davies for his excellent letter (27 November) in which he quite rightly points out my erroneous claim that our family title was bestowed by the......

Bitter Truth

Sir: I greatly enjoyed and agreed with Digby Anderson's article (Food, 20 Novem- ber). There is one point in it that needs cor- rection, however. We shaggy-fetlocked peo- ple......

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