Charterhouse Blues
From Dirk van Heck Sir: I was saddened but unsurprised to read of Charterhouse's decision to sell off its unique museum (`The treason of the beaks', 4 October). As recently as......
From Francis Bennion Sir: Anthony Lipmann's Mention Of...
headmaster the late Oliver Van Oss reminded me of the time when, during a stay at the nearby Enton Hall hydro, I called on Van Oss. In the middle of a conversation about his......
Buried Evidence
From William Shawcross Sir: Melanie Phillips is quite correct to scorn the new conventional wisdom that the evidence before the Hutton inquiry shows that Blair lied. The inquiry......
Out Of Tune
From Margaret Potts Sir: I read with interest Alasdair Palmer's article on Orvieto's Museo dell'Opera (Arts, 27 September). It brought to mind an amusing incident when, a couple......
Otiose Equinity
From James Blount Sir: Dot Wordsworth's lament for the decay of the default meaning of words (Mind your language, 27 September) brought to mind an especially ugly example.......
In Their Warp Aint
From Gerard Henry Sir: When tempted to share Michael Heath's mockery of 'Bunny' as a male appellation (Diary, 4 October), I recall an obituary that appeared a few years ago of......
Just The Job
From Shaun Williams Sir: Nicholas Boles reheated that old canard about why the BBC advertises in the Guardian, so often the refrain of rival newspapers and magazines jealous of......
Plenty In Common
From Tom Callaghan Tom Callaghan Dubai Sir: It is heart-warming that whatever social chasm may exist between the two very different characters who write the High and Low lives,......
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