Exploding Holes
From Mr HM. Thornton Sir: In rating Stephen Hawking much lower down the scale than Einstein or Newton (Who's afraid of Stephen Hawking?', 10 June), Robert Matthews asserts that,......
From Mr Alexander Hangaas Sir: 'shopping And F ** *ing'...
indeed. I suggest `sh *** ing and f *** ing'. Alexander Hangaas Oslo, Norway......
How Ike Upstaged Monty
From Mr David A. Wilson Sir: What on earth is all this talk of British `five-star' generals (Letters, 10 June)? Until the second world war at least, senior British officers were......
The Quality Of Proof
From Mr Simon Malloch Sir: Alas, the Oxfordians are at it again. Mr Christopher H. Dams (Letters, 3 June) asserts that there is no evidence that `Shakespeare of Stratford ever......
Hallmark
From Beryl M Goldsmith, OBE Sir: How spot-on was Dominic Lawson's diary piece about Norman Tebbit (10 June). As his personal assistant since 1985, I can only confirm that as a......
Priceless Information
From Dr David Whittle Sir: I am not at all bothered by Deborah Ross's failure to describe the food at the Ivy (Restaurants, 17 June). What does con- cern me is her failure to......
Blush-free
From Mr Christopher Basten Sir: Many years ago the editor of Norman Mailer's novel The Naked and the Dead solved the problem of how to deal with the `F' word by substituting......
Celibacy And Sodomy
From Dr Alan Patterson Sir: Elton John (Letters, 17 June) presumes that Cardinal Winning is a 'solitary individu- al' and therefore cannot judge 'the deepest longings of the......
From Mr Christopher Joll Sir: There Is A Simple And
elegant solution to the problem of the 'F' word. Exercise your editorial discretion, turn to Shake- speare (Othello, Act 1, Scene 1) and simply substitute the word `tup' (and......
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