The Real Catholics
The real Catholics Sir: Patrick Marnham, writing in your issue of 29 March, recalls for us an occasion when Lord Fisher was asked 'if he ever suspected that English Catholic......
Breakfasts
Breakfasts Sir: It is unwise of Mr Waugh (15 March) to sneer at American breakfasts and allude in the same breath to his own English breakfast table, which doubtless features a......
Wrong Film
Wrong film ,Sir: While it is one thing for Private Eye to Poke fun at Hollywood, surely when commenting on this TV celebration of the American silent film in your columns it......
Gnostics And Quakers
Letters Gnostics and Quakers Sir: Mr Nicolas Walter misrepresented (15 March) the religious faith of the Society of Friends (the Quakers). I am led to think that he is gravely......
No Supertoff
No supertoff Sir: As a former constituent of Ian Gilmour may I confirm the substance of Mrs Joan Mills's letter? I do not recall Ian Gilmour or his wife ever acting the part of......
The Bevin Boys
The Bevin Boys Sir: I am working on a book on the history of the 'Bevin Boys', those men who were directed to work in the mines rather than in the services during the war. The......
Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside Sir: I am working on a biography of Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), and shall be very grateful for any information on his life. In particular, I am interested in......
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