Thinly Disguised
Sir: Brian Glanville (Letters, 24 May) claims that Cyril Connolly's aphorism, 'Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signalling to be let out', was 'bor- rowed' from......
The Decent Thing
Sir: Neither Merlin Holland nor George Melly, both of whose letters criticising me (31 May) scored palpable hits, addressed my central objection to a statue in the mid- dle of......
Original Sinner
Sir: Alan Watkins wonders whether Tom Driberg's churchmanship was sincere ('Anyone for Tom', 24 May). I remember Lord Boothby telling me that on one occa- sion he and Driberg......
Genealogical Diversion
Sir: David Damant (Letters, 31 May) would have done better to consult the Almanach de Gotha rather than pester the good Dr Moritz Graf Strachwitz of Deutsches Adelsarchiv.......
Psyched Out
Sir: In his chess column of 17 May Ray- mond Keene rightly points out that Deep Blue's recent win is too small a sample of its prowess for IBM to declare a victory over the......
A Good Night Out
Sir: Barry Humphries has asked a ques- tion,Was Alfred Hitchcock blind?' (Diary, 31 May) which far too many people have left unasked for, surely, far too long. We go in our......
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