Hopefully Not Presently
Sir: In the course of his most recent review (Books, 26 October) Brian Martin writes: `What sentiments to lift the morale of that presently beleagured (sic) profession' (namely,......
Chatting Up Techniques
Sir: How delighted I was to read Zenga Longmore's article on the chatting up techniques (26 October). I haven't had such a good laugh for ages. It really took me back to the......
Letters In Peril On The Sea
Sir: Edward Pearce clearly knows nothing about warfare at sea (Letters, 12 October). If his arguments for describing the sinking of the Belgrano as a 'war crime' are accepted,......
Lionel De Rothschild
Sir, Your delightful but no doubt hard-pressed staff inadvertently caused me to put into the mouth of Lionel de Roth- schild of all people the abominable sugges- tion that......
Housey-housey
Sir: Just a line to reassure Valerie Grove (Diary, 31 August) that in India bingo is still called housey-housey, the boot of a car the dickey, and movies talkies. The Regal in......
Vampire Bats
Sir: Just in case anybody has been misled by Peter Levi's review of the Wildlife on One programme on vampire bats (Televi- sion, 19 October), we did not stake out the donkey as......
Pigs
Sir: Why is it that few people, even writers, seemingly know the difference between `sucking' and 'suckling'? Reference is made in the review of the Diaries of Auberon Waugh......
Spelling Reforms
Sir: Much though I am in sympathy with the drift of Mr Amis's article (`Sod the public', 19 October), I believe he is seriously — wrong about spelling reform. The present system......
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