16 MAY 1992, page 25

Young People Today

Sir: Your correspondent Martyn Harris (Arts, 2 May) condemns the 'shocking level of ignorance of young Japanese people' about the activities of the Japanese Army in the second......

Pistol-packing

Sir: I was concerned to read of Taki's diffi- culties in running with a pistol(High Life, 9 May). The simplest solution is a 'Beat Bag', being a device intended to permit the......

Essex Ethics

Sir: The parasitic life of Auberon Waugh and his colleagues depends ultimately on the industry of Essex man and Essex woman and he would do well for a change to pay homage as I......

Marlene In A Housecoat

Sir: Some 20 years ago — give or take a few years either way — I was asked, in Paris, to LETTERS have dinner with Marlene Dietrich in her flat. There were three other guests so......

Coward's Courage

Sir: Earlier biographers should probably hold back here, but though I am inclined to agree with almost all of John Osborne's damnation of the Clive Fisher Noel Coward (Books, 2......