4 DECEMBER 1999, page 38

Whipped Into Line

From Lord Belhaven and Stenton Sir: As an hereditary peer who took part in the recent elections in the House of Lords, may I say, in contradiction to Lord Cran- borne (Letters,......

Multi-flavoured Curry

From Mr Tim Phillips, Vice-Chairman, The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Sir: Taki's personal attack on John Curry, chairman of the All England Club, is ill- informed and......

From Mr Patrick O'callaghan Sir: One Hopes There Is No

significance in the fact that in your letters page Viscount Cran- borne (architect of the survivors' plan) is referred to as such, while Lord Moyne (one of the banished......

From Mr Frederick Forsyth Sir: Your Editorialist Of 20...

referred to Baroness Jay's triumphal gloat- ing over the destruction of the House of Lords as 'pouting and posturing, putting her pretty little feet on the mounded bellies of......

If You Lie, You're A Liar

From The Rt Hon. the Lord Tebbit Sir: Bruce Anderson (Politics, 27 Novem- ber) rightly sets out some of the numerous examples of Mr Blair's untruths and false- hoods in his......

Soviet Apologist

From Dr Geoffrey Farrington Sir: In the course of his rightly respectful review of Robert Conquest's Reflections on a Ravaged Century (Books, 6 November) John Vincent suggested......

Burgess Remembered

From Mr Allan Massie Sir: Roger Lewis (Books, 27 November) tells us that Anthony Burgess 'is now almost forgotten'. By whom? Allan Massie Thirladean House, Selkirk, Scotland......

Miles From Nashville

From Mr Jonathan Kreeger Sir: Much as I hate to play the spoilsport, I am afraid that Michael Gove is mistaken (Politics, 20 November). The song on which he based his article is......