Off Target
From Mr Andrew Gilligan Sir: Geoffrey Hoon's hair-trigger response (Letters, 5 February) to my piece on Tri- dent underlines the Ministry of Defence's sensitivity about this......
Finnegans Quark
From Mr Michael Smith Sir: Paul Johnson's speculation (And another thing, 5 February) that the word `quark' could have been invented by Edward Lear was close — but no banana. It......
Bad Hair Days
From Mr Adrian Weak Sir; Sarah Sands shows commendable con- cern over the anxiety caused to small boys by the onset of the growth of pubic hair when they are in their early......
Hedy's Assets
From Mr Peter Walton Sir: In Mark Steyn's article on Hedy Lamarr (Arts, 29 January), he quotes Hedda Hopper's description of her as `orchidaceous' without, perhaps, realising......
Burchill-bashing
From Mr Oliver Hume Sir: While accepting that the legendary `vicious bile to column inch' ratio in Ms Burchill's writing is calculated to shock or irritate, rather than to......
Pollen Knew Best
From Viscountess Sidmouth Sir: In his review of Alan Powers's book on the work of Francis Pollen (Books, 29 Jan- uary), Christopher Montgomery put for- ward the quaint idea that......
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