Letters American Sense Of Humour

Sir: Dominic Lawson writes of his pleasure at the 'social help' his etiquette columnist was able to give an 'elegant' (and, presum- ably, well-to-do and well-educated) lun-......

School Report

Sir: May I echo the protests with which Mr Roch van der Mensbrugghe (Letters, 7 March) of Brussels has been bombarding you regarding the piece by Boris Johnson (Tear and......

Nothing To Hide

Sir: In her review of our recent publication Something Out of Nothing (Tots, kettles and cauldrons' 29 February) Sandra Bar- wick asks why the Pagan Federation and witches in......

Rest In Purgatory

Sir: Ludovic Kennedy will certainly be in a quandary when the time comes for him to be making arrangements for his funeral or for those of his like-minded friends (Diary, 8......

King-swapping

Sir: Why does Paul Johnson (And another thing, 8 February) make such a fuss about England accepting the temporarily or per- manently discarded rulers of France? Surely, the......

Parts Private And Public

Sir: I assume Martyn Harris (Arts, 14 March) was serious in his request for com- ments on the ethics of peeing in front of a lady in a Wagon Lit while holding the Sovereign's......

Rocky Quotation

Sir: Surely Auberon Waugh (Another voice, 21 March) could not have learned his Latin at Downside otherwise he should have known that the promise to Simon Peter was:- 7u es......