A Grave Story
Sir; Mr Cameron's description of a Scottish burial and re-burial puts me in mind of the old Warrington story of Grandfather Clayton's Funeral. According to this, old Mr Clayton,......
Inside Number 10
Sir: I enjoyed 'Two Views on Marcia Williams', but I want to protest that while you told us what Terry Pitt is, you did not tell us what Peregrine Worsthorne is. Eric T. Speer......
Sir: I Strongly Resent Terry Pitt's Reference (in His Review
of Inside Number 10) to me as one whose " private " advice to Harold Wilson Transport House officials found difficult to counter. I did everything I could to improve......
Waugh Bash
Sir: Much as I enjoy Auberon Waugh's reviews, I cannot escape the impression that his criticism of Come Like Shadows (October 28) is a trifle partisan. Passing over the......
Scooped
Sir: If Clive Gammon (October 14) were really as literate as he wants all his readers to be, he would remember that Miss Boot's name was not Patricia but Priscilla, and that the......
Penguin Pedagogy
From Professor Antony Flew Sir: Professor Rex was good enough to send me a copy of his response to my comments on his contribution to Race, Culture and Intelligence. I think the......
My Mistake
Sir: My attention has just been drawn to Mr Montgomery Hyde's review of a book of mine, Aubrey and the Dying Lady: A Beardsley Riddle (September 30). I should be most grateful......
Treating Crime
Sir: Is it possible to allow me space to reply to Mr Douglas Curtis (Letters, October 28) on my "errors and unfounded assumptions"? I agree that the number of criminals does not......
Juliette's Weekly Frolic
The entire betting population of Britain, and Ireland, appear to be ' on ' Abergwaun for Saturday's Vernons Sprint, and as I have failed to dream up any alternative that's both......
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