25 NOVEMBER 1995, page 38

Sir: Your Correspondent, David Rennie, Seems To Have Got The

wrong end of several sticks in his report on the selection of Sir Nicholas Scott in Kensington and Chelsea. For a start, I have yet to meet a 'Tory lady' who reads, let alone......

Heat In The Kitchen

Sir: All honour to Philip Hensher for mak- ing Delia Smith's his worst book of the year (Books, 18 November). He could have gone further, and called into question her moral......

Sir: Kevin Myers Reminds Me Of A Nice Sec- Ond

world war story. It is the Battle of Alamein. The Irish Guards have been in the thick of things. There is a brief lull in hostilities. In a fox-hole two sergeants have a quick......

Top-ups

Sir: Frank Johnson is indeed correct in his editorial (8 November) in describing com- pulsory saving as amounting to taxation, and Mr Chandler (Letters, 18 November) incorrect......

Irish Contribution

Sir: Kevin Myers in his article (Dublin remembers too', 18 November) is 'immod- est enough to believe' that his writings in the Irish Times have helped to bring home to southern......

Friends Of Friends

Sir: Should any of your readers visit L'Arni Louis as a result of Nigella Lawson recom- mending it in The Spectator (Restaurant, 18 November), it is important that they get the......

Life After Birth

Sir: In response to Dot Wordsworth's col- umn 'Mind your language, 28 October' on the use of pro-choice and pro-life in the abortion debate, I would agree with her up to a......

Treasury Of Virtues

Sir: I appreciate Sam Brittan's generous review of my book Accountable to None (Books, 18 November) but must correct the statement that the armed forces are an `astonishing......