Stiffy's Skinning
From Mr David Roberts Sir: Andrew Roberts (The dog didn't do it', 28 April) refers to Stiffy Byng's unfortunate run-in with PC Eustace Oates. As recorded in The Code of the......
Spielberg's War
From Mr Adrian Scrape Sir: Stephen Glover seems to have wound himself into a painful and unproductive knot about the BBC buying Band of Brothers from Home Box Office (Media......
Bring Back Major
From Mr Stanley Best Sir: Returning home yesterday just on 5 p.m. to a village in north Devon. I found in the letterbox a letter from the local authority which had been......
What Liberty Now?
From Mr John Gibbs Sir: Jack Straw (Jack of all tirades', 28 April) says that he 'can't see why someone wouldn't sign [the Commission for Race Equality document]. It struck me......
Still Playing Our Tune
From Mr G.M. Simon Sir: Roddy Williams (`Grand strategy', 31 March) seems to have found his visit to Phillips piano auction so exhilarating — he bought a seven-foot grand piano......
Noises On
From Mr Nigel Famdale Sir: 'Playwrights do not bring farting on to the stage,' writes Paul Johnson (And another thing, 28 April). Not so. Samuel Beckett has one of his tramps......
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