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Henry And The Pope

From Mr David Foster Sir: Charles FitzGerald (Letters, 21 Octo- ber) says 'with respect' that Melanie Phillips seems ignorant of history in that our monarchs since Henry VIII......

Careless And Clothesless

From Pamela Glanville Sir: Reading about Susan Crosland's deba- cle with Porfirio Rubirosa (Letters, 21 October), I was horrified to learn that beds at the Savoy were left......

22 Into 11 Won't Go

From Mr David Benda Sir: If my memory has not yet completely suc- cumbed to Alzheimer's, in mid-July this year `Parliament is hopelessly antiquated, but it helps tourism.' a......

Taki's 'friend'

From Mr Timothy York Sir: Taki's reference to his 'friend' Tommy Madigan, the great Aussie boxer (High life, 30 September), suggests this friendship was not on a first-name......

Sugaring Poverty's Pill

From Mr Ivan Hewett Sir: It's a shame Paul Johnson, in his col- umn on the 'Tsar of the homeless' (And another thing, 14 October), didn't quote Dr Johnson's magnificent defence......

Arbiter Of Poetry

From Mr Michael Horovitz Sir: Pace Philip Hensher (Letters, 21 Octo- ber), my letter of the previous week did not recall 'a lot of aimless free verse about apple trees'; only......

Great White Queen

From Mr Edward Fitsall Sir: I am delighted that Stephen Glover supposes that Peter Mandelson 'may still, one day be foreign secretary' (Media stud- ies, 21 October). I cannot......

Not My Cup Of Tea

From Mr Simon Courtauld Sir: Having continued, in conversation over the years and once or twice in these pages, to call Bodmin Road railway station Bod- min Road since its......