Good Hair Day
From Mr R.S. Hunt Sir: You call for a hundred pens to defend the reputation of the Countess of Wessex (Leading article, 31 July). You will find a dozen or so of them used......
Why Penny Is Right
From Lady Powell Sir: Thank God for Penny Mortimer ('New Labour is riding for a fall', 17 July)! As one who, like her, hoped for a Labour victory at the last election, I salute......
Sting In The Tail
From Mr Tom Benyon Sir: I believe that the epitaph Peter Chadlington quotes ('How to rest in peace', 31 July): Remember, friends, as you pass by, As you are now so once was I.......
A Veteran Speaks
From Mr Jack Speight Sir: Uncharitable opinions held by first world war veterans about the French, according to David Watkins (Letters, 31 July), would have puzzled my late......
Too Bad About Straw
From Mr Robert Triggs Sir: With the greatest respect to the schol- arly and septuagenarian Paul Johnson (And another thing, 24 July), I thought his ven- omous hatchet-job on the......
Wagner's Role Models
From Dr B.C. Ellis Sir: Mr Michael Portillo (Arts, 10 July) did an excellent service in dissecting some of the barnacles that the 20th century has attached to Wagner's personal......
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