26 MARCH 1988, page 27

Native Wit

Sir: I was reminded by Carl Hartley's letter headed 'Native Africans' (7 November) of a Zambian acquaintance telling me that when, as a young man, he went to study in what was......

Stage Left

Sir: David Hare (Diary, 27 February) is quite right to berate some right-wing jour- nalists and intellectuals for constant com- plaints. It is certainly true that Mrs Thatch- er......

Ungenerous Generation

Sir: I think you are looking at the past through rather rose-tinted spectacles when you write (Diary, 19 March) that 'the rich of the 1980s are less truthful, less patriotic,......

Psalm Of Cecil

Sir: Mr Noel Malcolm tells us (Politics, 12 March) that in his constituency some 'little old ladies' will never vote for the Con- servatives while 'that man' (Mr Cecil Par-......

The First Stone

Sir: The letter of Camilla Williams (19 March) about Bishop Blomfield gave great pleasure, but there must be some puzzle about the Bishop having laid the founda- tion stone of......

Pastyland

Sir: Could I explain to A. L. Rowse (Letters, 12 March) why 'everybody over- looks the Cornish'? They are overlooked for the same reason that an uninteresting patch of waste......

Helping Tibet

Sir: Following your ,recent very cogent articles on Tibet your readers might like to consider charitable contributions to the UK Tibet Relief Fund. The Fund is operated by the......

Hot Cross Hun

Sir: If the article on Hun cooking (Food, 19 March) is followed by others on chink, coon, dago, frog, nigger, wop, wog, yid etc culinary specialities they will not only interest......