19 JANUARY 1991, page 23

Sir: Whatever The Limitations Of Mr Gar- Ston's...

5 January) I read Candida Crewe's piece about chir- opody with great interest. I took an equal interest in Amanda Craig's article about the licensed abortionist, though I......

Mote And Beam

Sir: When one writer attacks another writer's style, he is taking a risk, for he is implying that he himself is not only far superior on the page, but also that he should be......

Georgia Not On His Mind

Sir: In his review of Three Sisters (15 December) Christopher Edwards finds the production remarkably unChekhovian, ' particularly since the director, Robert Sturua, is 'the......

Appeal

Sir: The Lithuanian Association of Great Britain supports the Republic of Lithuania in her struggle for democracy, freedom and independence. We need money and many other kinds......

Nostalgia For Languages

Sir: I was not at Winchester but at a small (local authority) co-educational grammar school in the provinces, yet I too well remember the German songs we learned and sung. This......

Who's Kidding?

Sir: I would have entered Jaspistos's com- petition (5 January) asking for parodies of Private Eye had you not prematurely pub- lished what I presume to be Frederic Raphael's......

School Prayer

Sir: Driving down the main street of Midvale, New Jersey, the other day I saw an arresting notice on a board outside the local school: 'In case of War, the ban on School Prayer......

The Raphael Effect

Sir: Your diarist called Raphael referred to me (12 January) as a 'hired assassin called Bernard' because of an article I contri- buted to the Independent Magazine about the......