5 APRIL 1997, page 29

Sir: So Alice Von Schlieffen, As Well As The Kaiser,

writes off the BEF as a con- temptibly little army. There are two ele- ments to fighting power, however: the phys- ical and the moral. The fact is that the BEF fought harder and......

Lapse Of Memory

Sir: The image of the fearless Mr Al Fayed, so squeaky clean that he has never had a parking ticket, the champion who will carry on revealing the truth even if such a course......

The Two Misses Wyatt

Sir: I was very surprised to see someone called Petronella Wyatt lamenting the steep rise in homosexuality among Italians (Another voice, 29 March). Apparently, far from being......

The Wrong Right Hook

Sir: Alice von Schlieffen (Letters, 29 March) might consider whether her great- grandfather's plan could possibly have suc- ceeded in pushing 90 per cent of 'all avail- able......

More Last Words

Sir: It seems probable that your Alastair Forbes is the same as the one referred to in the correspondence of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper. A footnote in Mr Wu and Mrs Stitch......