Big Brother Sir: It Was Kind Of You To Devote
two whole pages to a review of my book on international companies (August 26), particularly since, in your reviewer's opinion, it was a 'trivial and silly little book.' I could,......
Deep Red?
Sir: As Peter Flinn queries my description of Willy Brandt, alias Herbert Frahm, as politically deep red, I give some extracts from Herr Branch's own book In Exile (1971), which......
The Czech Purge
Sir: I do not dissent from Mr Graham Greene's views on architecture which he is entitled to hold, but I could wish he were not forever silent about the iniquities of the USSR as......
Nicholas's Coffee
Sir: It is, of course, unthinkable that Mr Davenport should stand at a bar when travelling abroad and I am sorry if I appeared to entertain such an idea. It is, indeed, we not......
'dictator' Videla
Sir: In his review of Pablo Neruda's Extravagaria (August 5), Mr Doug las Dunn refers to "the dictator Gonzales Videla." It must be pointed out that Gabriel Gonzalez Videla,......
Worn-out Democracy?
Sir: Are we witnessing the death throes of a worn-out system of democracy, a system which has taken several hundred years to run its course? Are we faced with the challenge of......
Juliette's Weekly Frolic
A bitter Lord Wigg is quoted as "wanting nothing more to do with the sport" once he retires as Levy Board Chairman in November. Such outspoken comments won't make life easy......