English Wit
From Mr Roger Vellacott Sir: Many educated Englishmen have long believed that, as long as something is both LETTERS clever and funny, it is a good thing; no other criteria, such......
How Dempsey Died
From Mr Michael Moorcock Sir: I very much enjoyed D.J. Taylor's good- natured review of my book King of the City (Books, 13 May) and I'll gladly pay his usual fee if he'd......
A Good Copper
From Eve ly n Meyer Sir: Justin Marozzi's Diary (13 May) brought back happy memories of my visit to Cape Town three years ago. However, feel very strongly that the issue of his......
Steyn Off-target
From Mr Herman Volkner Sir: There is something decidedly unsavoury about seeing Mark Steyn (The loony Right', 29 April) deploy his trade- mark sarcasm not against the effluvium......
Letters Proud To Be Little
From Mr Michael Wadman Sir: If one is going to use a book review as a vehicle to peddle one's extremist political views, one must expect to be shot down. So, for the benefit of......
Transport Of Horror
From Professor Arthur Finch Sir: 'Banned wagon' is usually a reliable source of wry amusement as well as a useful reminder of increasingly irritating govern- ment meddling.......
Dante-free Zone
From Emeritus Professor G.H. McWilliam Sir: Brian Hicks (Letters, 13 May) seems to think that Shakespeare's plays were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, who spent......
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