19 OCTOBER 1996, page 36

The Good Courtier's Craft

Sir: As a participant in the famous, or noto- rious, Chequers seminar on Germany, may I add to the comments already made by George Urban, Lord Dacre and Lady Thatcher (Letters,......

Rewriting History

Sir: Keeping track of the extraordinary things written by Mr Panagiotis Theodora- copulos (Taki for short and he is) is never easy, but when he states (High life, 12 October)......

Letters The Trouble With Tootsie

Sir: The point of interest is whether we should feel sorry for Mr Fayed, as your Fayed article (`The case for Mohamed', 12 October) invites us to do. Is Mr Fayed the solution to......