2 DECEMBER 1995, page 34

Further Point Missed

Sir: Geoffrey Wheatcroft misses the point (Letters, 25 November). Yes, the late Brian Lenihan did approach 'his sometime party colleague' President Hillery in 1982 to ask him......

Letters Europe For Ever

Sir: Andrew Gimson (Windsor iiber Alles', 25 November) writes: 'We ought to find it easier to stop worrying whether we are "European" enough, when we rediscover the fact that......

Sir: Andrew Gimson Claims That The Ger- Mans Lack Wit;

then mentions our royal name-change, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, without recording the Kaiser's reaction: 'I am forced to retaliate. From now on the court theatre will perform......

Forbes The Obscure

Sir: Having recently finished reading The Diaries of Cynthia Gladwyn edited by Miles Jebb, I was somewhat astonished to read Mr Alastair Forbes's criticism (Books, 25 November).......

Goering Enigma

Sir: Your article 'In the shadow of Nurem- berg' (18 November) reminds us that Goer- ing committed suicide on the day that he was to have been hanged. It was announced at the......

Unsafe But Excellent

Sir: As much as I appreciated Mr Stamp's argument for a more open approach towards `totalitarian architecture' (Arts, 11 November), I don't think that creating new legends will......