Towering Achievement

Sir: You are a little unkind (Diary, 28 September) about Lord Bottomley's obitu- ary notice of Earl Attlee in the Independent (14 September). Although there is a vivid (and some......

Opus Pocus

Sir: As someone who is not a member of Opus Dei but whose regular confessor is, may I comment on your article 'Beating a path to sainthood', 28 September? Unlike the gentleman......

Pithy Rejoinder

Sir: 'Old Friends', though doubtless wittily intended, was, I fear, a rather inaccurate heading for the singularly humourless piece of schoolboy graffito you allowed to scrape......

Housewives' Choice

Sir: Ron and Gloria, the erstwhile deli- catessen owners so gratuitously maligned in Nigella Lawson's fulsome article about a smart new restaurant in Kensington Park Road (28......

Proof Of A Dughead

Sir: A recent review by me of two books on Sir Yehudi Menuhin (7 September) con- tained a number of more or less unfortu- nate misprints. One proper name is mis- spelt, and I......

Sleeping Partners

Sir: I read the first paragraphs of Dominique Jackson's article on recession- hit prostitutes with mounting amazement. If 'Candy' really is plying her trade in the Brompton......