No Relation Sir: I Read The Article By Frank Johnson
(Shared opinion, 25 July) suggesting a con- nection between Peter Mandelson, Jon Mendelsohn and Felix Mendelssohn. As a member of the illustrious Mendelssohn family — I am a......
Nothing To Wear
Sir: Calvert Casey (Books, 1 August) was evidently a tortured soul: but, since Ray- mond Carr presents him as simultaneously `obsessed with cross-dressing' and with 'his......
Hit Them Where It Hurts
Sir: While some will have sympathy for the predicament in which gay people find themselves, a huge majority of council tax and income tax payers will strongly object to the......
Letters Alexander Technique
Sir: It seems a pity that Peter Jones attacked Michael Wood's television pro- grammes about Alexander the Great for containing too many interesting pictures that had nothing to......
Only Connect
Sir: As 'a pleasant enough cove', I hesitate to prolong the discussion of the misplaced `only', but since Dot Wordsworth was kind enough to devote her column to a discus- sion......
Sir: I Was Sorry To See That Peter Jones Did
not like the story of Alexander the Great as told by Michael Wood on BBC 2. He makes of it the criticism I myself have often made of television programmes, especially on......