Key Point
Sir: I much enjoy reading P.D. James (Diary, 16 November), but I think she is too alarmist about locked churches. After buy- ing the new model Crockford, and equip- ping myself......
Class Bore
Sir: Who the hell cares (Alastair Forbes' letter 'Howlers and Honks' 2 November) if Diana Cooper or Diana 'ci-devant' Guin- ness was called 'Honks', 'Baby', 'Bubbles' or......
Pessimist
Sir: When your talented Restaurant corre- spondent describes a dinner for four cost- ing £175 — including £22 for a bottle of Australian white wine — as 'Chelsea prices'(2......
Penny-wise
Sir: Kenneth Lake asks (Letters, 9 Novem- ber) would anyone drive 20 miles to save 15 per cent at any pub or bookshop? Here on the island (a bastion of common sense and quiet......
Sir: Shouldn't Those Who Enthuse About Catching The...
etc. be reminded that — although anxious to clam- ber up into the cab — they have in fact been buying their tickets with our money, and without our consent? Norman Henry 29......
Tanks Alot
Sir: It was irritating to see the line taken in Your otherwise excellent leading article 'Options for trouble' (16 November) blurred by your ignorance of the impact, and......
No Gaelic Spoken Here
Sir: Impenetrable the Orkney accent may be, but Christopher Howse's informant ('Et in Orcadia Ego', 9 November) cannot have heard native Orcadians singing in Gaelic. No Gaelic......
Helpful Contributions
Sir: Noel Malcolm's article 'Power is not authority' (16 November) is an excellent contribution to clarifying the political argu- ments about Europe. A pity, however, that while......
Sucker
Sir: Might I take this opportunity to warn your readers of a variation on the confi- dence trick which P.D. James (Diary, 9 November) experienced? Last Saturday morning I......
Minimisprint
Sir: I must point out a misprint in my review of Ken Follett's excellent Night Over Water (Books, 16 November): 'rock 'n' roll' should, of course, be 'rock 'n' roll'.......
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