1 SEPTEMBER 2001, page 28

From Sir Philip Goodhart Sir: As Frank Johnson Has Pointed

out, compiling First XIs of the greatest cricketers has a compulsive fascination for many men. He also recalled our late friend, Colin Welch, arguing about the choice of a First......

In Defence Of Wales

From Mr Ian Skidmore Sir: What a perceptive critic Deborah Ross's foul-mouthed son is (Diary, 25 August); but if she really means it. I will buy her a Regatta fleece. As an......

Patriotism A Class Act

From Mr Jonathan Norton Sir: One day, journalists in the right-wing press will not only read George Orwell's remarks in The Lion and the Unicorn about the anti-patriotism of the......

From Mr Anthony Wallace Sir: Oh God, At Last! Just

when I thought the Conservative party was about to implode (what, tangibly, have either Kenneth Clarke or lain Duncan Smith really offered us as an electable alternative to the......

From Mr David Gelber Sir: Despite Persistent Declarations...

is an 'unreconstructed socialist', Neil Clark seems to possess little sympathy for the essence of this doctrine. By calling on patriots across the political spectrum to round on......

Citric Solution

From Christine McCall Sir: As a follically challenged female I read Charles Moore's and Adam Nicolson's diaries (28 July and 11 August) about shampoo for their oily hair. Does......

A Surfeit Of Dinars

From Mr Martin Mauthner Sir: Catherine Coley could have adduced ; , nother convincing reason for acquiring a Lo!tage or castle in Croatia (Property, 25 A igust): the country......