Made In Britain

Sir, When a British Rhodesian, fishing on the Rhodesian side of the Zambesi River, is killed by bullets fired from the Zambian side, and when those bullets are found to be of......

Motor Madness

Sir; There is nothing like an uraan motorway being planned to pass your door for concentrating the mind on transport policy. As a Conservative Parliamentary candidate in the......

Rather Casually

Sir: Bookend in your issue of February 24 says that we offered Richard Webb a directorship after he rather casually mentioned an offer of a job from Collins. I'd like to correct......

Wrong Again?

Sir: Has Bookbuyer got it wrong yet again? I am sure that the only difficulty. Collins are having in finding a replacement for their former publicity manager is of deciding......

Skinflint's Memory

Sir: I regret that Skinflint does not look at the back numbers to refresh his memory — particularly September 23 and December 30. When he bet me El that the index would sink to......

Simple And Compound

Sir: Michael Brett-Crowther describes as " teutonism, ponderous nouns tying up thought," the creation of words like " biosphere " and " technosphere." The Teutons, or Germans as......