1 NOVEMBER 1997, page 34

That's Showbiz

Sir: Andrew Rawnsley's attempt to defend his programme Bye Bye Blues is disingenu- ous (Letters, 18 October). It is true that I would have preferred to proceed with the......

A Fate Worse Than Death

Sir: Thank you for solving the mystery behind the suicide of Stephen Milligan. If I were ever faced with the prospect of dining with such a smug, self-regarding, humour - less......

Sir: What An Invitation! My Nomination For Female...

Baroness Jay; admit- tedly she didn't start from scratch, but what a survivor! The affair with Carl Bernstein, while wife of our Washington ambassador, publicity during the......

A Friend In Need

Sir: It really is courageous of Bruce Ander- son (Politics, 18 October) to accept that doubts exist about Neil Hamilton's guilt. After all, Mr Anderson is famous for being......

Computer Literate

Sir: I cannot see why David Edgar takes me to task (Letters, 25 October) for refusing to help a student buy a computer on which to work at her `playwriting studies', suggesting......

Not Such A Good Story

Sir: Your profile of Charles Whelan (`All for Gordon', 25 October) recycled an inaccurate Mail on Sunday diary story (6 July). You imply that Peter Mandelson, the Minister......

Sir: Reading Anthony Powell's Dance 20 Years Ago, The...

fear gripped me and others among my ambitious acquaintances that we might be our own Widmerpools. However, now that I and they have all become wallflowers, I feel free to......