Poor Excuse

Sir: Adam Nicolson (`Clever dickies', 28 August) attacks bow ties for all sorts of rea- sons but does not realise their design is strictly utilitarian for many men. My late......

Poisoned Heart

Sir: Your report (Portrait of the week, 28 August) of the discovery of the late King Boris's heart in a glass jar in the grounds of his old palace is interesting. If I am right,......

Receipt Conceit

Sir: A few weeks ago (Letters, 26 June), a reader criticised an affectation which had crept into your food columns — namely, the use of receipt instead of recipe. This prompted......

Cook's Corner

Sir: Robert Davies is no Wodehouse scholar (Letters, 4 September). Nicholas Coleridge was perfectly correct: Aunt Dahlia did indeed have her chef Anatole head-hunted. Sir Watkyn......

Grave Inquiry

Sir: Might I beseech your readers for their help in my search for where notables are buried (not cremated)? All achievers would be of interest; the more curious the better. Any......

Belgian Mussel Power

Sir: I have long mistrusted Digby Ander- son's credentials. Ever since, some years ago, he had the temerity to disparage the cuisine of the Alsace, land of foie gras, ele-......

True Brit

Sir: I am very grateful to Boris Johnson for his article k'Congratulations, it's a Belgian', 31 July) about his daughter being Belgian. I am appalled — but not at all surprised......