Alibi
Sir: I note Terence Kealey's attack on the Oxford Magazine in your issue of 10 April (Books). He seems to be suggesting that the magazine played a part (Inflamed Oxford's......
The Health Of Nicknames
Sir: I read with interest Nigel Nicolson's piece in 3 April issue (Long life). He says that in his distinguished family nicknames and a private language are dying out, and he......
Happy Days
Sir: I was interested to read Richard Ter- rell's letter (20 March) since I lived in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1952 to 1961 during my husband's tenure as Resi- dent......
Matter Of Fat
Sir: Imperative Cooking — my hat! (Food, 10 April). Every twit knows that English fried bread should be fried in bacon fat, not (shudder) chicken fat. C.P.Todd Clayhall Farm,......
Sir Kingsley Amis
Sir: I would be most grateful for any help your readers might be able to offer with research for the biography of Sir Kingsley Amis which I am writing — with his approval — for......
American Plot
Sir: One knows Auberon Waugh is not always wholly serious. But he has repeated so often that he wants Britain to merge its identity in a European state because he hates American......
Clear As Mud
Sir: Paul Johnson says (And another thing, 10 April) that 'obviously' a good Christian will make a morally better capitalist than an agnostic. Surely the equation is between a......
History Lesson
Sir: Sir Alfred Sherman's contributions to your correspondence columns remind me of the Dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea party: just when you think he has finally gone back to......
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