24 MARCH 1984, page 18

Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne Is Right In Saying That Public...

would have condemned the Prime Minister if she had 'thrown her son to the wolves', just as they would have condemned her if she had 'declared her interest', i.e. told the Omanis......

Letters

The torture lesson Sir: I was most surprised to read in Geoffrey Strickland's article 'The torture lesson' (17 March) that, when the author was doing his military service in the......

Mark And Mother

Sir: Mr Worsthorne is right (17 March) in thinking that British women would have denounced Mrs Thatcher if she had not supported her son, and it is quite likely that the......

Pig Ignorant

Sir: I have just read Simon Courtauld's piece (Notebook, 18 February) about the current shortage of truffles. He says that pigs will sniff out truffles 'quite naturally'. I......

The Real Mother

Sir: The true meaning and, more important, the implications of the phrase 'the mother of Parliaments' may now have disappeared beyond recall. The belief that the phrase simply......

0 Level Answer

Sir: Mr Andrew Brown is probably right when he says (`Waffle and drivel', 3 March) that original thought is not required in A levels. I myself am only approaching 0 levels, so,......