29 OCTOBER 1983, page 20

Letters

Grammar schools Sir: In your leading article (2 October) you argue for the reintroduction of grammar schools in Solihull. In theory this is fine, but in practice Solihull's......

Exeter Lounges

Sir: It may interest you to know that here at Exeter University one of the lounges in our main Students' Union Building, Devonshire House, has been called the 'Nelson Mandela......

Cavendish-bentinck

Sir: I have been commissioned by The Bodley Head to write, with his agreement, the biography of the 9th Duke of Portland, who, as Mr V. F. W. Cavendish-Bentinck, was Chairman of......

Birchite Mcdonald

Sir: Mr Christopher Hitchens (1 October) depicts Lawrence Patton McDonald, recently killed by Soviet airmen, as a 'pathetic' crank. On the contrary, this articulate, handsome......

Who Is My Relation?

Sir: I notice that relations of Dame Edna and her entourage and relations of Spectator employees are ineligible for your competition. Could you specify the exact degree of......

Trust And Stewardship

Sir: Lord Bruce-Gardyne (22 October) scoffs at Margaret Drummond (Times, 15 October). Is he, perhaps, less aware of the inflationary experience of the self-employed with their......