7 MARCH 1998, page 25

Unbelievable

Sir: Frank Johnson (Shared opinion, 21 February) apologises for suggesting it was Tsar Paul II rather than Alexander II who was assassinated in 1881, but reproves the readership......

Britten's Instant Success

Sir: Peter Phillips (Arts, 14 February) is wrong to claim that no new work has become an instant part of the concert repertory for many years, and that the last time it happened......

Letters Country Wisdom

Sir: This is not anti, just asking. Who is it exactly who grubs out hedgerows and replaces old stone walls with wire? Who demolishes old farm buildings, replaces them with tin......

Best Apart

Sir: Paul Johnson, in his review of the for- mer US Ambassador's memoirs (And another thing, 21 February), repeats the story of Raymond Seitz asking Ted Heath which postwar......

Nannied To Death

Sir: Relief is in sight for all parties in the Pom/Ocker/Canuck/Kiwi fracas (Letters, 28 February). Kim Fletcher, who started it all, ('New south wails', 17 January), may be......

A Matter Of Opinion

Sir: Richard Branson (Letters, 28 Febru- ary) argues that my article on his business interests was filled with mistakes because I did not bother to check the facts. I contact-......