31 JULY 1999, page 24

A True Hemingway From Mrs Sandy Forsyth Sir: As A

fan of Ernest Hemingway since long ago, I enjoyed Edward Docx's article on the great writer's centenary (Nick Hornby he wasn't', 24 July). But there are two points on which I......

Spookish Paranoia

From Mr David Turner Sir: Alex Woodcock-Clarke (Letters, 17 July) indicates that the granting of a knight- hood to Rudolf Peierls in 1968 is no guar- antee that there was not......

From Mrs Barbara Griffiths Sir: I Have No Special Interest

in the Kennedys but your front cover and the related article (`The real victims of the Kennedy curse', 24 July) strike me as being in incredibly poor taste. Don't sack Mark......

From Jeananne Crowley Sir: Of Course We Irish Have A

vested interest in Kennedy self-mythologising hype and spin but the clan's pathetic attempt to shift the blame on to Lauren Bessette left even the most susceptible of us......

From Mr Simon J.b. Pratt Sir: The Wickedly Amusing Diatribe

by Mark Steyn forgets the most recognisable and adored lady — the gorgeous Marilyn Mon- roe — whose widely publicised infatuation with JFK and subsequently his younger brother,......

From Mr A.a. Gill Sir: Might I Impose On The

hospitality of your correspondence column to pass a mes- sage to Taki: Go fuck yourself, you smelly dago lesbian. A.A. Gill The Sunday Times, London El......

Picking A Fight

From Mr David Watkins Sir: I - agree with most of what Taki has to say about A.A. Gill and the Germans, but am surprised that he still has not learned that to confuse Scotsmen......

Letters A Cover Too Far

From Sir Anthony Kershaw, MC Sir: I yield to no one in my contempt and hatred of the Kennedy Clan. But I think the use of the word 'Assassination' on the front cover of The......