9 DECEMBER 1995, page 38

[sir: I Understood Goering Kept It (cyanide)...]

Sir: I understood Goering kept it (cyanide) in his commodious navel. If so, it could have heen there for some time undetected. Dr Ross Watkin Pigeonhouse Cottage, Rectory Road,......

Price War

Price war Sir: Some of the more illustrious men's outfitters who place regular advertisements with The Spectator will find little cheer in the fact that, having received a fat......

Deja Vu

Dej'avu Sir: Your article comparing the Princess of Wales with Catherine the Great is a reminder of other past similarities ('Diana: weakness up in arms', 2 December). In 1682......

Funny Peculiar

Funny peculiar Sir: David Starkey implies that a central argument in my recent book, Virtually Normal, is that homosexuality is genetic ('Tis in ourselves that we are hetero or......

Storage Problem

Storage problem Sir: John Kinsman (Letters, 2 December) is wise to disbelieve the 'explanation' that Goering's fatal dose of cyanide was stored by him, throughout a full year of......

[sir: Surely Goering Stuffed His Cyanide Cap-...]

Sir: Surely Goering stuffed his cyanide cap- sule up his rectum every morning? To swallow it even with a 'protective lining' and try lto recover it when it came out would have......