30 JULY 1994, page 24

Cap That

Sir: There are a few inaccuracies in Ross Clark's article about the Scottish Buddhists (`Scotch on the rocks, 23 July'), the gravest being the claim they are the only Buddhists......

Letters The Great Debate

Sir: I don't know why anybody should think it an achievement to `invent' or 'discover' Essex Man (Letters, 16& 23 July). I lived in Essex Man parts of Essex from 1929 to 1982......

Sir: The Term Essex Man Was First Coined By The

late Canon James Owen, Vicar of Little St Mary's and Steward of the Cambridge Union. He told me that he had used it to describe Simon Heifer and his contempo- raries, members of......

They Started It

Sir: The bombing of Dresden, (`Looking back to the horror of the past', 16 July) was indeed a tragedy. It was unfortunate that so much wonderful building was destroyed. But it......

Town And Country

Sir: Simon Jenkins' article about the National Trust and hunting (Centre point, 23 July) explains the dilemma faced by the Trust council under the chairmanship of Lord Chorley.......

Simple, Really

Sir: Paul Johnson's article on the need for a `saviour on horseback to rescue Britannia' (And another thing, 16 July) struck a chord as he addressed, without really providing a......