27 MARCH 1993, page 26

Sir: Paul Johnson Gets Himself Into A Worry- Ing Lather

— is he getting better, by the way? — about the part played by Andreas Whittam Smith, the editor of the daily Independent, in the John Birt affair. Two points. One, Andreas is......

Sir: Petronella Wyatt's Stellar Excursion Reminded Me Of...

astrological career, writing 'telephone horoscopes'. The work load was daunting — seven days and 12 star signs meant 84 scripts a week. How- ever, modern technology came to the......

Stress And Strain

Sir: Stress is indeed a good old English word, with a more precise meaning than Ms Wordsworth (Mind your language, 6 March) ascribes to it. It is the force acting on a material......

Sir: The Questions I Am Asked When Inter- Viewed About

my own work as an astrologer or my column at the Sunday Times more often than not reveal a complete lack of familiarity with the subject. This was the case with Petronella......

Letters Starmongery

Sir: Petronella Wyatt is perfectly right in drawing attention to the lack of any positive evidence for astrological phenomena, and to deprecate the profusion of media exposi-......

Sir: I Remember Well Edward Lyndo's Astro- Logical...

1939, 'There will be no war', as told by Petronella Wyatt in her interesting article. I also remember that we could hardly wait for the People on the fol- lowing Sunday to see......

Tax Tangles

Sir: Paul Johnson has combined his defence of John Birt with an attack on the income tax system (And another thing, 20 March). But in writing, 'Birt voluntarily filed his tax......