30 OCTOBER 1993, Page 21

Typical comment

Sir: Just to confute the venerable (well, elderly) maxim that only letters of correc- tion are addressed to the editor while let- ters of celebration are written to the author, I would be grateful if you could find the space to let one reader — on behalf of many, I'm sure — thank you for Nigel Nicolson's column (Long life). One can only hope that its title is prophetic as well as retrospective.

Donald Carroll,

49 Sydney Street, London SW3