3 AUGUST 1991, page 27

Hurrah For Aunt Mary

Sir: At long last I am delighted to see that you have got rid of that tiresome bore Wallace Arnold. For some time now this self-styled wit has been writing one and the same......

Whatever Next?

Sir: In the 17th century, a Highland Scot defined his 'country' as the land within the horizon of the surrounding hills, inhabited by people whom he knew by name and lineage and......

Twelve-tone Letter

Sir: In 'Down with dodecaphony' (Music, 6 July) Herbert Lomas aimed at producing some sort of evidence for what has been presented as a 'natural' rejection of dode- caphony,......

Vive La Cuisine Francaise

Sir: I have great respect for the British and their ways. However, I really could not let A. N. Matthews's well argued but erroneous defence of Britain's food in comparison to......

Handsome Dog

Sir: Why does John Charmley use the word `revolting' to describe my bulldog, Bosun, who adorns the jacket of Phillippe Daudy's book Les Anglais (Books, 13 July). Mon- sieur......