27 JANUARY 1996, page 25

Sir: Of The Older Post-war Scholars And Per- Formers Of

baroque and Renaissance music few have a more distinguished record than Denis Stevens, nobody would deny that; equally, nobody who knows him would ever assert that he was a......

Greek Meets Greek

Sir: I believe it was Michael Frayn who said journalists who use irony do so at their peril. Professor Jasper Griffin of Balliol (Letters, 18 January) is not a journalist, so......

Low Fliers

Sir: I was surprised that Sir Simon Towne- ley (Letters, 20 January) should think that the second Marquis of Ripon deserves to be called the 'best shot in England' for hav- ing......

That's Shell!

Sir: Anne McElvoy (`The moral maze', 13 January) merrily takes to task both business and its critics, and wins two cheers from this side. Of course, your cartoons of Old Nick in......

Etiquette

Sir: My former colleague Charles Powell claims (`The Mitterrand I knew', 13 Jan- uary) to have spent more time in the com- pany of President Mitterrand than any other......