Waugh On Navratilova

Sir: The sad and beastly truth, for all to see, is that Mr Auberon Waugh, through no fault of his own (?), is an extremely obnoxious, narrow-minded, chauvinistic little twerp......

Journey Without Cocktails?

Sir: I am puzzled by John Mortimer's reference, in his interview with Graham Greene (14 June), which I have just seen, to a small cocktail shaker which Greene had custom-made......

Letters Unreflecting Racism

Sir: In his review of Frank Emery's Mar- ching over Africa (Books, 28 June) William Boyd accuses Queen Victoria's soldiers of `brutal and unreflecting racism' on the grounds......

Monty

Sir: Montgomery did not tell a lie (Philip Warner, Books, 5 July). As Adjutant to the RASC in Cairo Area in 1942 I had to discuss with my Colonel, the late Colonel W. L. Bain......

Edward James

Sir: There used to be a Nanny-expression, `I speak as I find', and it came to mind in reading Lord Lambton's cruel description of Edward James (Arts, 14 June). There are still......

Sir: Talking Of Monty Telling Fibs, Can Anyone Throw Light

on what he was actually after on 18 July 1944? This was 'Good- wood', in which three British armoured divisions were to burst out of the bridge- head, and make for Falaise,......

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