26 JANUARY 1980, page 16

No Flip Comment

No flip comment Sir: By referring in his wise and interesting letter (19 January) to my comments on the withdrawal of subsidy from English Music Theatre as 'flip', Sir Rov Shaw......

Opera In Cornwall

Opera in Cornwall Sir: Rodney Milnes sniped at Opera 8() in his review of the decade (5 January) in which, quite honestly, he seemed to be struggling for something to say about......

Funny Boy

Funny boy Sir: I should like to record the unbounded amusement and delight afforded to my entire family by your 'Postscript' on La Rippon by John McEwen (12 January). Why do you......

A Loch Afore Ye Go

A loch afore ye go Sir: Loch Drunkie we have; Loch Callander we have not. Could Geoffrey WheatcrOft (Notebook, 12 January) have sipped not wisely but too well from the former......

Kuznetsov And The Bbc

Kuznetsov and the BBC Sir: In his 'Time to clean up in Neasden' (1 9 January) Mr Waugh displays a lack of accuracy equally typical of that other selfappointed scourge of the BBC......

Russia's Stand Against Islam

Letters Russia's stand against Islam Sir: The moral outrage expressed by the West over Afghanistan is surely of a highly questionable nature. Would this country, or indeed the......