26 JULY 1986, page 27

J. M. Synge's Illness

Sir: J. M. Synge had Hodgkin's disease for several years, culminating in an inoperable stomach tumour which led to his death at the age of 37 in 1909. He never suffered from......

Another Twerp

Sir: Since I associate myself, wholeheartedly, with the views expressed by Mr Auberon Waugh (Another voice, 12 July) I, too, by the definition expressed by Judith Askham......

Letters How Whitehall Leaks

Sir: I have not yet seen the Commons Defence Select Committee's report on the Mayhew letter leak, but I believe that the Brittan-Bowe-Ingham exercise illustrates the supreme......

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