Neither Cold Nor Hot
Sir: Following the Crosby result, we have had to endure the equally predictable comments on the SDP from Mr Heath — still possessed of his unforgiving spirit, and repeating his......
Mstresses
Sir: Mr J. S. Collis raises once more (Letters, 28 November) the question of how to pronounce 'Ms' and the significance of its use. The current terms 'Miss', "Missis" ' and......
Orwell's Southwold
Sir: Richard West begins his article on Southwold (28 November) by challenging my correction of his claim in an earlier article that it was 'the favourite resort' of George......
The Age Of The Thane
Sir: Richard Crampton's example (Letters, 28 November) of disconcerting locomotive names reminds me that recently, on one of my weekly journeys to Manchester, I boarded a train......
Lutyens And Speer
Sir: Gavin Stamp takes me to task for bracketing the current enthusiasm for Sir Edwin Lutyens with the revival of interest in the works of Speer (21 November). `Tastless and......
Sir: In The Article On The Sir Edwin Lutyens Exhibition
(November 21), the price of the catalogue was quoted as £8.50. May I please draw your attention to the correct price of the softback catalogue at the exhibition which is £7.75.......
Stotting On
Sir: `Stot' is a good Scots verb in regular use (Alexander Chancellor's review of The Best of 11, 21 November). English children bounce a ball but Scots bairns `stot' a ball.......
Gwen John
Sir: The Spectator of 24 October took long to arrive on this sub-tropical isle and I aM still waiting for a copy of Susan Chitty's life of Gwen John. It delighted me therefore......
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