Claud Cockburn
Sir: Paul Johnson's reference (2 January) to how the late Claud Cockburn wielded `the dangerous gift of charm' so effectively reminded me of an incident during the Six- ties: I......
On The Wane
E.C. Barrin g ton's letter published in your 28 November issue in which he opines that the sources of power in Hon g Kon g lie in (1) the Jockey Club, (2) Jardine Matheson and......
Londonderry Heirs
Sir: I hope I may be allowed to join issue with my old parliamentary colleague Enoch Powell when he states in his review of R. F. Foster's life of Lord Randolph Churchill (9......
A Forgotten Centenary
Sir: Mr Stamp gave me a shock when he stated (9 January): 'E. W. Godwin (fathe r of Edward Gordon Craig and Ellen TerrY): He meant Edith, as Ellen Terry was their mother. In my......
Fresh News
Sir: I was saddened to read in your Notebook (9 January) of the death, due to neglect, of Mr James Prior's carp; Or neglect it was. l live in Japan and the Japanese cover their......
Tourist Trail
Sir: May I suggest that Auberon Waugh's fears are based on a dubious premise (9 January)? He assumes that Sunday riffle s , readers can read, firstly that journal, an d secondly......
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