24 NOVEMBER 1984, page 23

Small, Elegant House

S ir: Auberon Waugh ends his review Tryin g to be funny' (Books, 10 Novem- ber) by thanking God for the Daily Tele- r aPh, to which may I add the Spectator. Roth, after all,......

Finn Points

Sir: Regarding the correspondence about Sibelius, Finn or Swede (10 November), I should like to make the following points. It is an occasional Swedish practice to adopt a......

Sauce

Sir: What on earth possessed you (10 Nov- ember) to let Jeffrey Bernard loiter in America? Taki on his own is like horse- radish without the roast beef. J. E. Hok Middle Old......

Outrage

Sir: In his review of John Martin Robin- son's book The Latest Country Houses Gavin Stamp is 'pleased' to repeat untrue and damaging statements made about Stratton Park by the......

Very Young Fogey

Sir: It has taken me 11 years to arrive at a private position of faith and some certainty about religion in general and Christianity in particular. It is therefore......

Dastardly

Sir: Should Mr Watkins's hypothetical traitor ever be named (Diary, 17 Novem- ber), whether or not he has by then done the dastardly treachery he intends, will Auberon Waugh......

Explaining All

Sir: I enjoyed P.J. Kavanagh's report on the Cheltenham Festival of Literature (Postscript, 10 November), but I wouldn't ay that lengthy explanations of poems, as indulged in by......

New Unesco Order

Sir: In your Notes (27 October), you refer to 'minor concessions' at Unesco. As these include a no-growth budget, concentrati on of programmes and over a hundred con' crete......