The Raffles Legacy
Sir: Most people with fond Far East memories will applaud Mr Brian Inglis's warm, overdue tribute to Stamford Raffles (22 August). But, for the record, should it not be noted,......
Import Order
Sir: Sad to hear that the Greek boy has bought a plastic gin palace in Taiwan (High life, 22 August) when men in Piraeus would build him a caique with an adze. He too has joined......
Entitled
Sir: The wine of Languedoc has stirred Mr Auberon Waugh into an unjustified attack on a lad of two and a girl of but a few months old ('Lessons of the Royal Wedding', 15......
Unsolved Crime
Sir: I was shocked by the gratuitous statement in one of your book reviews: 'Richard III killed his own nephews' (18 July). Without going so far as to say it has now been proved......
The Right To Live
Sir: The Guardian of 18 August contained an advertisement for '100 families who will join with us to give our disabled children in care the experience of happy family life'.......
Sir: Donald Gould (15 August) Is Worried That The Imperfect
child's right to life might be transferred to the unborn. His own 'credo' would get round this by limiting the unborn child's right to life to the moment when with care she (or......
Adrenelan
Sir: According to Duncan Fallowell (8 August): `De Quincey . . . found the abrasion of acute poverty essential to that flow of adrenalin necessary, in the absence of a private......
Happily Married
Sir: I refer to the review by Miss Furness of High Life, Low Life (15 August), quoting Mr Bernard's inaccurate description of my legal status. (Mrs followed by her christian......
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