Of Monks And Nightingales
Sir: It is agreeable to say that Father Daly and Taki are both right up to a point about La Badia, near Orvieto (Letters, 27 July). The ancient Abbey of Ss Severn and Martirio......
British Courtesy
Sir: May I mildly protest at Mr Lawrence Rickard's statement in his letter (13 July) that not since he was a young man has he seen a young person offer an elderly person a seat......
Rights Issues
Sir: Paul Johnson (And another thing, 6 July) claims that 'we have to overthrow the doctrine of universal rights. . . . Only God has rights'. But Paul Johnson surely does not......
Safety In Tumblers
Sir: I hope I am never invited to join Anne McElvoy on one of her modest picnics, for when she serves me wine in a long- stemmed glass, as her article (Wine and food, 13 July)......
Not The Good Old Days
Sir: Alan Watkins (Wine and food, 13 July) is puzzled that he was able to drink Chablis, Vosne-Romande and other such bur- gundies for strangely little money at El Vino in the......
Rebutted
Sir: I am surprised that Patrick Higgins denies that the Butterfield archive contains evidence that Sir Herbert Butterfield visit- ed prostitutes (Letters, 6 July). Some years......
Infinitely Refined
Sir: I can confidently assert, as one of the literary executors of Nancy Astor, that nei- ther version of the quip about the tango can be ascribed to her (Leader, 1 June and......
Fit For A Prince
Sir: As the aunt of a real-life Sharon Queen (`Be a constitutional expert', 20 July) might I say that the Prince of Wales could do much worse than to consort with a real woman......
A Case In Point
Sir: In reply to Nicholas Kenyon's letter (20 July), I am not sure where my disingenu- ousness may be said to lie. I was making a general point about the BBC monopoly, which it......
Dog-fanciers
Sir: Regarding Aldeburgh town council's preference for a birdbath to a statue of Benjamin Britten (Leader, 27 July), it might have helped the composer's cause if he had kept a......
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