3 NOVEMBER 1984, page 20

Impudent Greed

Sir: May I timidly suggest an ageing wri- ters' competition, for at least half the money? Andrew Brown 39 Rocks Lane, Barnes, London SW13......

Split The Tate

Sir: Giles Auty (`Caring about art', 20 October) says that few will argue about the Historic British Collection part of the latest Tate Gallery report. But many do question its......

Sir: Unless More Articles By Roy Kerridge Appear In Your

journal, I shall cancel my subscription. Roy Kerridge The Old Mansion House Guest House, Bridge Street, Knighton, Powys An article by Roy Kerridge will appear next week. Ed.......

Anatoly Koryagin

Sir: The Ukrainian writer, Valery Mar- chenko, died in a Leningrad prison hospit- al early this October. He was 37. He died because of the Soviet authorities' deliber- ate......

Overpriced

Sir: In your issue of 20 October an orga - nisation called 'Modern First Editions' has put forward the claim that an unsigned first edition of Casino Royale is worth £1,500,......

Miracles May Follow

Sir: One wonders if Arthur Scargill helped Gavin Stamp lose his way in the fog of `Anglican MacGregors' (27 October). His epistle from Holbeck bears a whiff of that......

Bring Back Roy

Sir: I have been taking your paper for three years, mainly because of Roy Kerridge's articles, which I found were an essential ingredient of the ■ Spectator. That is why Wilfred......

Esta

Sir: Richard West's reference (`Close-knit parasites', 1 September) to the last of the miners' knockers-up' reminded me of another similar custom which survived at least until......