27 MAY 1989, page 26

Sir: Your Columnist Paul Johnson, In His Homily On 'the

Observer's Honour', insists that the Observer should be 'taken out of Rowland's hands' while admitting in pas - sing that he welcomed Rowland's buying the Observer eight years......

Nuclear Worries

Sir: In attacking Alexandra Artley's article `From rad to worse' (6 May) Mr Preece (BNF PR Department) indulges (Letters, 20 May) in the usual tired form of defen- sive......

Britain And Hong Kong

Sir: Congratulations on a very reasoned leader about the attitude of the British Government towards the Hong Kong Chinese (13 May). Regretfully reason and racism do not mix, for......

The Suits

Sir: Surely the oracle, Ali Forbes (Books, 6 May), knows that Suni (one 'n') Agnelli's book of early memoirs is called 'We Always Wore Sailor Suits'? Nick Haslam The Hunting......

Machine Gun Joke

Sir: 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.' This inscription below the statue of David, to which J. H. Huizinga objects (Letters 20 May), was a wry jest by......

Savage Refusal

Sir: Mr John Moore might be interested to know of Dr Johnson's rebuke to those who objected that giving alms to beggars merely enabled them to indulge in gin and tobac- co. 'Why......