1 DECEMBER 1990, page 32

Texan Mavericks

Sir: Anthony Howard erred on a small point in his discussion of Texas politics (Books, 27 October). Liberal Congress- man Maury Maverick did not lend his own surname to denote......

Mad Hats

Sir: I am delighted that Nigella Lawson has stumbled, however inadvertently, upon an important truth about one of the major international fast food chains (Restaurant , 17......

Send Him To Coventry

Sir: In his article (`The Emperor and the Sun Goddess', 17 November), Murray Sayle seems to be disoriented. Rolls Royce Motors is based about 60 miles north-west of Derby, in......

Constitutional Verbosity

Sir: Perhaps Johnny Gorman (Letters, 3 November) is right about the length of the Lord's Prayer and of the EEC directive on caramel, but I regret to say that even such a sublime......

Stop Swanking

Sir: The BBC's John Simpson seems un- happy that he didn't get to talk with Saddam Hussein while ITN's Trevor McDonald did (17 November). The fact is that ITN got their......