3 FEBRUARY 1990, page 24

Church And Emperor

Sir: Your comments on the Grand Duke Wladimir (`Exiled by Anglicans?' 20 January) are both completely incorrect and discourteous. I am not sure whether Christopher Howse, the......

Misnomers

Sir: Alan Watkins is right about phrases changing their meanings, but what about misleading descriptions? (Diary, 2 Decem- ber). What is more permanent than a tem- porary......

Black V Arnold

Sir: As the Spectator has become a RR/ Skoda hybrid, (Letters 20 and 27 January) may I suggest you restructure the rear end by replacing Wallace Arnold with Conrad Black? Your......

Follies Of The Day

Sir: The events surrounding the publica- tion of The Satanic Verses are remarkably similar to those described in Act V of Beaumarchais' comedy, The Marriage of Figaro (or, The......

Perry's Friend

Sir: In answer to Auberon Waugh's (Let- ters, 27 January) about my husband's dealings with the Sunday Times, I have to tell him that they are in no way to be compared with those......

Conservative Conservation

Sir: As the part author of Save the City. A Conservation Study of the City of London, mentioned in Gavin Stamp's stimulating article Another Vision of Britain (13 Janu- ary),......

Sir: Wallace Arnold (13 January) Seems To Have Foes Among

your readers, but anyone who, when invited to be a godfather to Andrew White's baby, can write anything as funny as 'a share option on the little mite could well turn up......

Correction

Two words were accidentally transposed in the letter last week from Mr Andrew Knight. The passage should have read: 'Perry is the person I enjoyed most on the Telegraph . . . I......

A Dictionary Of Cant

RELATIONSHIP. Stereotype rejecting, personal space respecting, trusting, car- ing and equal, a relationship is a love affair designed by a committee of social workers. Nigel......