21 AUGUST 1993, page 22

Sir: Having Read Damian Thompson's Arti- Cle, I Nearly...

However, help is at hand. Like-minded Christians in any area can organise themselves as fox-hunts do; i.e., a chairman, committee and subscribers who produce a guarantee. A......

Fizzing Retort

Sir: The last word on Buck's Fizz from Cap- tain Munson, secretary of Buck's Club (Letters, 24 July), refers to the club's 'pre- sent head barperson'. Perhaps as another sop to......

After You, Claude

Sir: Paul Johnson's hysteria about the European Community (a welcome but no doubt brief respite from his hysteria about the BBC) might command more respect if he could spell the......

Pass The Hat

Sir: Many people in the Church of England will share your reporter Damian Thomp- son's dismay at the losses incurred by the Church Commissioners. (`Many mortgaged mansions', 7......

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Sucking Up

Sir: Mark Amory, tutor to Ronnie Mutebi (`My pupil, King Ronnie', 31 July), must have instructed him well. The new Kabaka, then Ssabataka and Crown Prince, telephoned me on the......

Better Than Xenophon

Sir: The Revd Jonathan Edwards says that Taki cannot claim to be 'the greatest Greek cricketer ever' (Letters, 10 July) and sug- gests that this honour should go to Xenophon......

Sweet Af

Sir: The Spectator making it across the Channel to Brittany rather slower than once Isolde on her way to Tristan's deathbed, I have only just seen the refer- ence, in a......

A Question Of Taste

Sir: Nigel Spivey's review (Books, 31 July) was — as he himself would put it —unadul- terated horse piss. The secret of Coca-Cola is not its advertising but its taste —as any-......

Sir: Some Months Ago You Published An Article By Dr

William Oddie. He argued in support of the opinion that opponents of the ordination of women were entitled, on leaving the Church of England, to a portion of the Church's......

Nothing Changes

Sir: The Ealing films of the Forties had more in common with life today than Simon Heifer may think (`Back to the bad old days', 7 August). Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne —......