23 AUGUST 1980, page 15

Strange Ways

Otrange ways Mr There is nothing at all new in Patrick N alnhams remark (9 August) that 'there is not much point in being heard if you are not In return why your arguments were......

Confidentially

Confidentially Sir: It really will not do for Peregrine Worsthorne to equate the right of the police to keep secret the names of their informers with the claimed privilege of......

[sir: Peregrine Worsthorne Is Mistaken In His...]

Letters A Word from Worsthorne Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne is mistaken in his belief (9o August) that he is the onlI person alive, actors and actresses excluded, to have used a......

Masochistic

Masochistic Sir: I admire your fairness in printing yet another aggrieved letter from Alastair Forbes (9 August) beneath one from a reader critical of his unreadable sentences......

[sir: I Was Somewhat Grieved To See That Your...]

Sir I was; somewhat grieved to see that your °otebook (9 August) Was taken up almost xclusiveli with a defence by Mr Worsthorne of'some disgusting language which he Used on the......

Neither Golden Nor Delicious

Neither golden nor delicious Sir: I should like to add some comments to the excellent article in the Spectator of 9 August by Michael Wigan. The best of English apple growers......

Zooming Liberals

Zooming Liberals Sir: Recognising that Mr Ferdinand Mount's comments on the current political scene are usually so clear and incisive, I am surprised that he is prepared to......