21 SEPTEMBER 1985, page 21

Foreign Book

Sir: I know there is a school of thought which maintains that great works of litera- ture are universal, but surely Katharine Whitehorn (Diary, 24 August) can be forgiven, even......

Defence Of Hitchens

Sir: I do not understand why there is suddenly all the flagellation of poor Christ- opher Hitchens for his coverage of Amer- ican politics (Letters 10 & 24 August). Seen from......

Aids

Sir: In all the clamour about Aids, the virus responsible for this dreadful disease, may, suitably modified and attenuated, prove to be the most effective immunosuppressant know......

Names

Sir: I knew Vanessa Ayer best when she was Vanessa Lawson and thought of her instinctively by that name. Peregrine Worsthorne doesn't think of me instinc- tively by the name......

890 Pages Of Esperanto

Sir: It is refreshing to find total, blank ignorance posing as punditry, and your remark 'But understanding that Esperanto suffers from a dearth of original literature' is a......

`we're Getting There'

Sir: The day I read the article by Vladimir Voinovich ('Soviet anti-Soviet propagan- da', 24 August), quoting the Soviet slogan 'You're on the right road, Comrade', I opened an......

Letters `eat The Bastard

Sir: Dhiren Bhagat's article 'Auschwitz for the Chickens' (31 August) dealt with the need for serious consideration of the moral issues arising from both vivisection and......