Finlay's Folly
Sir: I write with reference to an article by Alan Powers (Arts, 12 September) entitled 'Follies; Ian Hamilton Finlay's pamphlet war'. I was appalled that something so biased......
Black Gold
Sir: In your introduction to Nicholas Gar- land's admirable 'Journal of the difficult birth of the Independent' (3 October), you state that in December 1985 Mr Conrad Black......
Lewdness
Sir: Paul Johnson (The press, 26 Septem- ber) may have thumbed through his refer- ence books for quotes from Hugh Cudlipp etc, but he has clearly forgotten what the wartime......
Clarendon's Virtues
Sir: Noel Malcolm's jaundiced account of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (Books, 12 September) is a pity. The Restoration Settlement still defines the framework of the state in......
Letters Mistaken War
Sir: With reference to Mr Rowse's furious letter (26 September) the truth is that Britain gave a guarantee to Poland in 1939, a blank cheque which bounced. It was in no position......
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