Silenced Prayer
Sir: In the last two months I have written a letter to four religious newspapers — the Church Times, the Methodist Recorder, the Catholic Herald and the Tablet — making the......
In Self-defence
Sir: I was sorry to see that in my review of David Hooper's book on libel (15 Septem- ber) 1 twice referred to the law as being weighted in favour of the defendant and against......
Wrong Fatality
Sir: In his interesting article, Major Yeates . Rides On (15 September) Mr Stan Gebler Davies writes 'Violet Martin [Martin Ross] came off her horse in 1915 in pursuit of the......
Bottomless Pits
Sir: Mr Roy Kerridge (The Call of the West, 1 September) is mistaken if he thinks that most Cornishmen believe that Doz- mary Pool is a bottomless pit. Most Cor- nishmen believe......
Brown's Credit
Sit: If Andrew Brown is lending respecta- bility to Mr Moon and the Unification Church (Letters, 1 September), we may be sure that he is lending beyond his means. Laurence......
Letters
Roman kisses Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne's suggestion (Diary, 15 September) that French con- gregations at Mass are larger now because young Lotharios hope to pick up a pretty......
Definite
Sir: Mr Kavanagh is quite baffling. In your 1 September issue (Postscript), he has a hotel walking in the River Dordogne. We read: 'Once, after walking all day . in the......
Anecdote
Sir: I note with pleasurable anticipation the publication of an Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes (Letters, 8 September). I should be happy to assist Mr Hastings in his task......
Yours Sincerely
Sir: Christian Dior's ploy of bombarding Patrick Cosgrave with promotional post- cards is hardly novel (15 September). That wonderful Edwardian raconteur, Osborne O'Hagan,......
Weller Well
Sir: Whilst agreeing with Rodney Milnes's comments (Opera, 8 September) on the poor lighting and staging of ENO's revival of The Flying Dutchman, I do think his criticism of......
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