10 AUGUST 1996, page 23

A Promising Sequel

Sir: Keith Waterhouse bemoaned that he had to abandon the dramatisation of Alan Clark's Diaries (Diary, 3 August). But he must not despair. Perhaps the theme of his next......

In Defence Of Hugo Young

Sir: We write as the three members of the Scott Trust who are independent of both the Guardian and the Scott family to cor- rect the abusive attack on its chairman, Hugo Young,......

White's Favourite Son

Sir: Poor 'little Winston'I He cannot even read my first name - well enough on the review of his book to spell it, as The Specta- tor has always done, correctly. The late member......

No Competition

Sir: Your leader (3 August) commenting on the reaction to the prices paid for the ser- vices of Alan Shearer and Cedric Brown misses an important point — that, unlike Alan......

White Supremacy

Sir: Does Sheridan Morley ever go to the theatre for fun? Voyeurz, which he knocks mercilessly in your 3 August, issue doesn't pretend to be anything else. Why should it? It is......

Lack Of Courtesy

Sir: It is ungracious of John Berkeley to hope (in print) that he is never invited to join a lady on one of her picnics, especially when the lady is Anne McElvoy and his......

Address, Please

Sir: The most pertinent question concern- ing Petronella Wyatt's quest for the Gold- smith voter (Furthermore, 20 July) is, where did she find an ironmonger's in Putney? Patrick......

First Lines

Sir: Jaspistos is perfectly correct. 'I get no kick from champagne' is the first line of the chorus rather than of the verse (Competi- tion, 3 August). By the same token, may I......