19 MARCH 1977, page 18

Sir Edmund Leach Replies

Sir: I have only now had my attention drawn to Ferdinand Mount's vulgar comment (5 March) on my Observer piece (20 February). Mount's article is about three times as long as......

Lord Goddard

Sir: Mr Waugh's description of Lord Goddard as 'a cruel and beastly man' (5 March) will surprise not only those of us who used to appear before him at Bar, but also some at......

That Lady In Vienna

Sir: The Marquand references to Ramsay MacDonald in the realms of romance led inevitably to the Skidelsky comments ( I 2 March) 1 have always refused to publish the story of my......

A Lease On Lives

Sir: If Geoffrey Wheatcroft's reference (12 March) to Andre Gelinas's description of Saigon under the Communists prompts any of your readers to look at the original article in......