Vanishing Oysters
Sir: Margaret Drabble's cry for more and cheaper oysters for the proletariat wins on points against Auberon Waugh's retort that they are expensive simply because there are not......
Who's Kidding?
Sir: Mr Paul Johnson (The press, 6 Au- gust) tells us that Mrs Thatcher has a sense of humour. Until now I thought he lacked one. C.A. Bosset Penrheol, Llangynidir, Powys......
The Kariba Dam
Sir: My attention has been drawn to an article in The Spectator (Diary, 13 August), alleging that the Kariba dam is in danger of collapse; that it was designed by an Italian......
All Is Not Well
Sir: Mr A.N. Wilson does not inhabit the same Anglican Church that others do. At least so it would seem from his recent article in The Spectator (Anglican unsettle- ment', 16......
Bar-stools
Sir: My information about the scrotal skin of whales used to cover bar-stools in a Greek yacht (Books, 6 August) comes from some colour supplement or magazine article about 15......
Joyceballs
Sir: P.J. Chisholm (Letters, 23 July) may be interested to learn that James Joyce refers to the game of ball-ball in Finnegans Wake (published 1939): `fiounaregal gaame of those......
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