8 MARCH 1997, page 26

Eagerly Awaited

Eagerly awaited Sir: Philip Hensher says the best Edith Sitwell letters are to the painter Pavel ChClichev (Books, 22 February). I was told by Chelichev in 1950 that their......

More Blue Than Red

More blue than red Sir: Peter Oborne's article on publishing correctness ('I'll not buy a book by that terrible little man', 1 March) was amusing but inaccurate. It would be......

Cave Mckay

Cave McKay Sir: I was delighted to read that your correspondent Stephen Glover has unveiled the egregious Peter McKay as the author behind the new Ephraim Hardcastle column in......

Plan 17

Plan 17 Sir: Robert Tombs (Letters, 1 March) writes that the Schlieffen Plan 'was indeed secret: how else can one explain the aln10st fatal French failure to take precautiol]s......

A Good Trooper

L E T T E R S -- I A good trooper Sir: I am so glad Bruce Anderson came to the defence of Mrs Howard (Politics, I March). As Sandra Paul she was one of the top photographic......