29 MARCH 1997, page 28

Over Enthusiastic

Sir: I am not sure that 'High life'(22 March) is even meant to be accurate, but in case it is, this particular soi-disant Tory' was not 'crying over his beer' on election night......

Because It Isn't

Sir: On 1 February you published a bluster- ing attack on pop music criticism (Arts) by one Michael Henderson, who, it was stated, 'writes on sport for the Times'. In this piece......

Russia Needs Us

Sir: Christopher Bellamy in his article 'Struggle for the heartland' (15 March) explains Russian preoccupation with Nato's expansion into Eastern Europe in the con- text of the......

The Last Word

Sir: About that very great man (Letters, 22 March), surely the last word was said by James Lees : Milne in Ancestral Voices pub - lished in 1975. On page 224 of this wonder -......

Hail To The King

Sir: I am surprised that James Michie (Books, 22 March), as an old friend of Kingsley Amis, is perplexed by the title of Amis's new book, The King's English. 'The King' was a......

Von Schlieffen Writes

Sir: Both Colonel Mallinson and Mr R.C. Taylor completely missed the point (Let- ters, 8 and 15 March). My great-grandfather's plan failed in 1914 because it had been fatally......

Lost In Translations

Sir: While I much admire Hugh Lloyd" Jones's erudition, what happened to the review of The Odyssey (Books, 22 March)? Having struggled through three quarters of his piece to......

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