17 AUGUST 1974, page 5

Time-lag

From the Hon. Terence Prittie Sir: Having just returned from a tri p abroad, I read Lord Gordon Walker s kind review of my biography of WillY Brandt with interest and gratitud......

Railway Lines

Sir: Mr Skelsey's letter (August 3) in response to my article on railway modernisation in fact raises more questions than it answers. Certainly, it prompts me to make some......

Bashful

The reward would be spectacular ai R r oYs, Shirleys, Tonys, Michaels, et atta inment? a nonymous. be Persuaded to be less self-effacing? man height is possible of rapid gether......

Trading Stamps

Sir: We should be grateful for the op-• portunity to correct the errors of fact included in Mr Stewart's article (July 13). He states that "credit cards are the natural allies......

Sex Educators

Sir: I must confess to being somewhat puzzled by the article by Mrs Mary Whitehouse in your issue of July 27. She has not, to my knowledge, ever been present at an FPA sex......

Californian Wines

Sir: Professor Geoffrey Wagner's lamentations (July 27) about the price of claret in the US might arouse more sympathy did he seem to care more about wine. The 1964 vintage was......