Parody Of Paul
From Mary L. Dugan Sir: Diabolically clever of you, following Craig Brown's article ('Cherie Blair ate my words', 27 November) with another by him 'A woman's life-history is......
Benefit Of Absence
From Mr Ray Botha Sir: Sir Albert Robinson (Letters, 4 Decem- ber) clearly did not understand the gist of Andrew Kenny's article. He seems to be trying to claim that the credit......
Subtler Than You Think
From Lord Garel-Jones Sir: Your vision of brave little Blighty, rep- resented by Stephen Byers, batting for Britain in Seattle (Leader, 4 December), is a seductive one. I fear,......
Poor Tyke Dobson
From Mr John R. Chapman Sir: I was amazed to read Si6n Simon's remark suggesting Frank Dobson as the Greatest Living Yorkshireman (Restau- rants, 11 December). I presume he had......
Lack Of Choler
From Mr Graham Binns Sir: Ruth Guilding is entitled to her percep- tion of the proceedings of the British Muse- um colloquium (Arts, 11 December) but I take issue with her when......
'mythic' Meals
From Mr Jeremy Taylor Sir: I had just killed a persistent Canary fly with my subscribed copy of the latest Spec- tator when something on page 81 attracted my immediate......
Despond Of Slough
From Mr Richard Marsh Sir: Urbane (OE): 'having the manners, refinement, or polish regarded as charac- teristic of a town'. Not an Old Etonian defi- nition, but Oxford English......
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