Illiteracy In Sussex
Sir: On Saturday last I asked in three local bookshops for a copy of Auberon Waugh's Diaries. I was greeted with looks of incom- prehension! However at the fourth shop I......
Sir: Isn't The Ultimate Bore (or Bore's Bore), The One
who's always on about how boring the other fellow is? Fran Landesman 8 Duncan Terrace, London N1......
Letters Burnham And Booker
Sir: I work for Bookers but I honestly believe (so far as one can every judge one's own motives) that this letter is prompted by a sense of shock, almost outrage, and not by......
Boer And Brit
Sir, The letter headed 'Rout indeed', by your correspondent of 14 September, has taught me how important is one's choice of vocabulary when writing on an issue as sensitive as......
Shell Guides
Sir: Do please go on urging that the Shell County Guides be continued (Richard Ingrams, Diary, 12 October). They are complementary to the Pevsner county guides. The photographs,......
Dr Rowse
Sir: In competitionese (5 October): I'm right; you're arrogant; he's Dr Rowse (Tirst-rate versus third-rate', 12 October). Richard Jacobs Westminster School, London SW1......
Ultimate Bores
Sir: What a distressing anecdote in Richard Ingrams's Diary (12 October). Whoever this Norman may be whom Mr Ingrams purports to admire so much for keeping his establishment......
Reprieve
Sir: It is something of a relief to know that, for the present, my life is not in any great danger (from Nicholas Rankin, Letters, 12 October). I might, though, have reason to......
The Spectator
SUBSCRIBE TODAY! I would like to take out a subscription to The Spectator. I enclose my cheque for £ (Equivalent $ LISI& Eurocheques accepted) RATES: 12 Months 6 Months UK/Eire......
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