2 FEBRUARY 1991, page 24

Sacheverell Sitwell

Sir: Having been commissioned to write the first biography of Sacheverell Sitwell with the agreement of the Sitwell family, I am anxious to trace letters by, or memories of,......

Bivalves Through The Post

Sir: Digby Anderson (Food, 26 January) is very wide of the mark when he estimates that the 'lower and middle classes' eat two and a half oysters each per year. In fact even......

Endangered Species

Sir: I am distressed that Paul Johnson thinks that. I have been abusing him (The press, 12 January). Ex-editors of the New Statesman should stick together, for we may be an......

Manners Makyth . . .

Sir: Last month I donated to the library of the local grammar school in Rye some 40-50 books (not a paperback to be seen), the residue of my late brother's collection. I still......

Loopy Loyalty

Sir: May I comment on the book review on Loopy by Sidney Vines (19 January). His remarks do justice neither to himself nor, more importantly, to Loopy Kennard. Those of us who......

New Social Order

Sir: The author of your leading article (`Bombs beofore BR', 26 January), no doubt clad in a claret and consommé- stained suit, seems completely unaware that many local......

Lesser Evil

Sir: When I read Amanda Craig's article on termination of pregnancy (Poor woman . . . poor potential human', 5 January) I was surprised when I compared it to the cover drawing.......