17 JULY 1993, page 25

Letters Self-esteem's Value

Sir: You are doubly in error in reporting (Portrait of the Week, 10 July) that 'Mr Major and Miss Clare Latimer received £1,100 each from the New Statesman in an out-of-court......

Rather Shirty

Sir: I write from a deep sense of resentment and anger against British shirt manufactur- ers, who have so far failed to produce a truly non-iron shirt. In my wardrobe I have......

Randy Memories

Sir: I was moved to tears by Frank Keat- ing's note on the imminent sale of Ran- dolph Turpin's Lonsdale Belt (`Under the hammer', 10 July). I count myself honoured to have met......

The 19th Hole

Sir: Buck's Fizz (Letters, 10 July) was first produced in the Thirties by Henri, the bar- man at the Golf Hotel Le Touquet, for `Buck's Weekend' when members, accom- panied by......

In Defence Of A Lady

Sir: Re Mr Haslam's agitated little piece (Arts, 3 July) on the Queen Elizabeth memorial gates: isn't it rather base, while skirting so deferentially round the question of whose......

Spectator

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