26 JULY 1997, page 26

Horse-trading

Sir: Something must be done! Fildes's friend the Discount Broker must be con- sulted. It is a scandal! Yes, a scandal of national importance. Where is Solomon Binding when we......

The Game Of The Name

Sir: I was gripped by Jeffrey Bernard's observation (Low life, 5 July) that when the police called on him about the possibility of his having witnessed a murder the only thing......

Trust In Scotland

Sir: The National Trust for Scotland believes in the principle of governments making laws, not trusts. Its English equiva- lent has taken it upon itself to ban the cen-......

Sir: I Am Emboldened To Write By Glenn Wellman's Letter

(19 July) commenting on Joanna Ritchie's less than generous remarks about your excellent restaurant critic, David Fingleton, whose column has happily changed my life. I spent......

Letters Beware A Take-over

Sir: This government's decision to negoti- ate with Sinn Fein/IRA over Northern Ire- land without the precondition of decom- missioning IRA arms is analogous to the American......

In Praise Of Indulgence

Sir: I find David Fingleton a bit of a pompous prig. Unlike your correspondent Joanna Ritchie (Letters, 12 July), however, I would not be without his excellent restau- rant......

Press Power

Sir: Paul Johnson (`The new barons ruling Britain', 5 July) raises the prospect (or even the requirement) of this government cut- ting the press editor barons down to size in......