2 FEBRUARY 1985, page 19

Labour Reading

Sir: I was amused to read Paul Johnson's comments (The press, 19 January) on what newspapers Labour voters read. About 25 years ago I was staying in St Anton in winter for the......

Serious Nation

Sir: I scarcely believed my eyes when I read Paul Johnson's comments this week. In a serious nation,' he writes (The press, 26 January), `Scargill would long since have been......

Too Flip

Sir: It was crass of Nicholas Coleridge to ridicule Sydney Schanberg (Diary, 19 January) and thereby his colleagues who also reported the war in Cambodia. Unlike the American......

Magnetic Fly Buttons

Sir: Your reviewer of Albanian Assign- ment, Timothy Garton Ash (Books, 26 January), professes not to know how to operate a magnetic fly button in a tight spot. One cut it off,......

Jeremy Reed

Sir: Elizabeth Jennings is wrong in her assertion that By the Fisheries is Jeremy Reed's first book. I am proud that my Menard Press published in 1982-83 one of his several......

Long Time In Journalism

Sir: Why does the date at the bottom of your 'One hundred years ago' column in the 19 January issue read 17 January 1985? I know that a week is a long time in politics, but......

Letters

Yobbish tendencies Sir: I don't think that Mr Kavanagh's explanation of the hard-line attitude of Young middle-class people to workers (Postscript, 19 January) is the correct......

Dig

Sir: From some who undig Digby. Here is a recipe for The Master: Shrunken Head (Cooking time three days). Boil the head for 24 hours, to reduce the swelling. Set aside to cool,......