2 FEBRUARY 1980, page 16

Russia And The Bbc

Russia and the BBC Sir: In reply to Mr Waugh's emotional article about the BBC language course 'Russian - Language and People' (19 January), I should like to state categorically......

Quote Unquote

Quote unquote Sir: While Christopher Booker, in his review of the third edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quoations (12 January) makes some valid points, he is also rather......

The First Pope

The first Pope Sir: If Professor Hans Kiing meant what Mr L.C. Squires (Letters. 19 January) implies in claiming that no scriptural quotations 'support the primacy of Peter'.......

Man Of Style

Man of style Sir: It is'sheer nonsense for Benny Green to dismiss Walter Pater (26 January) as an ineffectual aesthete and to write, 'Pater never had anything to say at all'.......

Cleaning Up

Cleaning up Sir: Auberon Waugh's article 'Time to clean up Neasden' (19 January) could not have been more perfectly timed. Only three days later we received the news that Andrei......

Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler Sir: With the authorisation of his estate, I am preparing a collection of Raymond Chandler's letters for publication by the Columbia University Press. I should......

Rugger Down Under

Rugger down under Sir: 1 trust Mr Peter Jenkins does not plan any visit to Australia in the immediate future, as he has succeeded in alienating all sections of the community by......