Exciting England

Sir: It is clear that normal appeals to the institutions of our Government to limit the encroaching powers of the Social Service Family Destruction Department are prov- LETTERS......

Diy

Sir: According to Andrew Davidson (`Stiff competition', 20 August) 'it is quite legal to bury yourself and others on your own prop- erty', but still quite impossible. Robert......

One For Mary

Sir: I need the advice of your sex-and- humour expert, Paul Johnson, on a matter that has been perplexing me for some time and inhibiting discussion of matters matri- archal.......

Jaw-jaw

Sir: I am surprised that General Rose should complain so vehemently (Letters, 20 August) that you misreported him when you wrote (Leading article, 6 August) that his first......

Now, Now

Sir: I was interested in Martyn Harris's views on sex in marriage (`No sex please, we're married', 20 August). It is a pity that he wasn't part of the gold- en age at Versailles......

Scoop

Sir: lf, as Francis Wheen maintains (Books, 6 August), Barbara Cartland is the step- mother-in-law of a princess, and the princess in question is the Princess of Wales (who else......

The Presidents' Women

Sir: Readers who made their way to the end of my article (`My people trust and love me', 13 August) will have been mystified by the closing paragraph. Gremlins in this organ's......