Vines' Sour Grapes
Sir: Basking in the euphoria of having my autobiography hailed as Book of the Year (Books, 24 November 1990) I eagerly read Mr Vines' criticism (Books, 19 January) in your......
True Scot
Sir: With reference to your High life column (Party poopers, 12 January), I am amused — indeed, flattered — that Taki should imagine that I should be the repor- ter of his New......
Firbank Unfulfilled
Sir: In his review, 'In search of Ronald Firbank' (Books, 22/29 December). D. J. Taylor is wrong, I think, to claim for Firbank's novel Prancing Nigger that it is `set in......
Siegmund's Ringlets
Sir: That earnest young chap, Rupert Christiansen, is, of course, entitled to think I looked a 'wally' in my 'silly wig', when singing Siegmund in the City of Birming- ham......
Suitable
Sir: As a mere spectator, would other readers agree that the role of prime minis- ter ideally Suits Mr Major? Stephen Mayer Winden, Mill Lane, Holcombe, West Sussex......
Retribution For Lloyd's
Sir: I was delighted to see in your Christ- mas issue that Hew Kennedy's splendid efforts in constructing a trebuchet have finally been recognised ('When pigs do fly', 22/29......
Sovereign Solution
Sir: The debate over a unified currency for the European Community, one of the major topics at the recent Inter- governmental Conference in Rome, cen- tres primarily on two......
Cooper's Cookbook
Sir: Roger Cooper's proposed jail cook- book (Leading article, 22/29 December) has an earlier precedent. Civilians interned in Changi during the Japanese occupation dulled their......
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