Railway Victory
Sir: Three cheers for the railway men. A famous victory! Or was it? Walpole said " They are ringing the bells today. They will be ringing their hands tomorrow." When the rail......
Who Was Watson?
Sir: I see from Isabel Quigly's review on Ivor Brown's biography of Conan Doyle (June 10) that Dr Watson is presumed to have been based on a real-life doctor of that name. There......
Shining The Ball
Sir: There must be a great many cricket spectators besides me who would like to know just why a bowler chooses his groin, of all places, as appropriate spot for aubbing-ii on......
Defending Marten
From Mrs Isla M. Atherley Sir: I was interested to read the letters from Mr Puckle and Mr Bernard Morton (June 10), about the behaviour of local Tory officials to their Member......
Royal Fetish
Sir: It is on the occasions of royal funerals with their attendant mock mournings and associated ceremonious mumbo-jumbo, that the socalled free press is exposed as the hoax......
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