Poetic Wannabes
From David and Solomon Ben Israel Sir: We are two Jewish kids — well, father and son, actually — who write poetry in our spare time. We would like to submit some stuff to your......
Giftless Greeks
From Mr T. Hughes-Davies Sir: Maybe Taki could give us all a good laugh by trying to reconcile his theories of `race, intelligence and cultural achievement' (High life, 4......
Reluctantly To War
From Mr John Fraser Sir: Defending Ireland against the charge of declining `to take its place in civilisa- tion's vanguard against Hitlerism', Mr Barry Cusack (Letters, 28......
Chere Chelsea
From Mr Nigel Wilkinson Sir: Having damned a Chelsea restaurant with faint praise, Robert Hardman (Restaurants, 28 October) tells us that his dinner bill 'of £101 . . . was not......
Bombs Over Moscow
From Mr Nick Djivanovic Sir: Oleg Gordievsky is right (Letters, 4 November); the silence over Chechnya is deafening. But no longer! Let's go and bomb Moscow! I am sure Mr......
In Praise Of Sonia Orwell
From Mrs Deirdre Levi Sir: As the widow of Cyril Connolly, who knew Orwell from the time they met at boarding-school aged eight, I was glad of Paul Foot's decent and spirited......
Pay Up Or I Publish!
From Mr Nicky Samengo-liner Sir: Having had to wait over three months to get my contents insurers to pay up after a severe house fire, I have a word of advice for those......
Baring The Curzon Girls
From Mr Nicholas Mosley Sir: David Gilmour (Books, 28 October) asks why I let my aunt Irene Ravensdale's diaries be seen by Anne de Courcy for her book on the three Curzon......
From Mr David Metcalfe Sir: David Gilmour Accuses Me Of
wishing to destroy the reputation of my mother (Alexandra Curzon) and describes this as 'a particularly grimy form of filial betrayal'. Mr Gilmour has invited me to reply to his......