26 JANUARY 1985, page 20

Would-be Humour

Sir: Paul Johnson's chief complaint (The press, 12 January) about the Times is that 'there is not enough humour in the paper . . . . It is true that the Times has Frank Johnson,......

True Story

Sir: Patrick Marnham in his review of Henry Porter's book Lies, Damned Lies and some Exclusives casts doubt on a story published in the Daily Telegraph of 7 January about......

Death In Slough

Sir: Nicholas Coleridge's comments on Slough (Diary, 19 January) reminded me that in the 1950s that town was a most exciting place for a small boy to travel through. On coach......

Lmf

Sir: The term 'Lacking Moral Fibre' (Let- ters, 19 January) was attached by the RAF to those aircrew who could no longer face operational flying. I came across it in documents I......

Letters

Keeping things together Sir: It is difficult to understand why an eldest son like Auberon Waugh repeatedly grumbles in your columns about primogen- iture. It is entirely due to......

Chiefs Of Ireland

Sir: There were several errors in Mary Kenny's review (Books, 12 January). Jorge O'Neill is the O'Neill of Clanaboy (from Clanaodhbuidhe or the Clan of Flaxen Hugh) and not The......