Denton Welch

Sir: I am writing a biography of Denton Welch. If any of your readers have personal recollections, MSS, letters or pictures relating to his life I should be very grateful if......

Surtees Ok

Sir: Not having read Mr Welcome's book about Robert Smith Surtees from start to finish, I am not quite sure to what extent Mr Grimond's bias against the latter derives from that......

Numbers Game

Sir: In view of David Sorensen's mention of PLO terrorism (Letters 28 August) perhaps readers would be interested in the findings of an Israeli journalist, Mr Baruch Leshem,......

County Folk

Sir: It was heartening to read Richard West's denunciation of the Heath-Walker county reorganisations (21 August), but I fear that he over-estimates the depth of resentment in......

Letters

Frivolity Sir: Kingsley Amis's letter about your coverage of the Falklands episode has cleared up one small point: whether he is a fairly serious commentator on current events......

Naive End

Sir: With reference to Timothy Garton Ash's extremely sane article (21 August) in which he deals with the naive and dangerous pacifism of E. P. Thompson I think it should be......