Letters United Islands
Sir: Bravo, Stan Gebler Davies! It is time that a Conservative and Unionist was returned to Dail Eireann. That something so sensible has not been attempted in `more than 60......
Wretched Dons
Sir: I am sure that those of us who care for maintaining educational standards are most grateful to you for reporting (Diary, 31 January) the antics of Cambridge dons as they go......
Black Power
Sir: At the risk of damaging my reputation in Brent as racist, I would like to point out that in my review of Ron Ramdin's book The Making of the Black Working Class (Books, 24......
Nuclear Advice
Sir: Your 'rare connoisseur of the genre' (Leader, 31 January) has erred, I suspect, in comparing the Layfield report with the Flowers report. I think he has confused it with......
Chivalry Revived
Sir: The High Court of Chivalry revived in 1955 (Peter Levi, Books, 24 January) to try an issue between Manchester Corporation and the Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd, who......
Sir: I Can Provide One Meaning Of `pilger- Ing'. Pilgering
is the operation performed by a Pilger Mill and is a method of producing steel tubes presumably named after the inventor. It is a process employing a pair of eccentric rollers......
Pilgering
Sir: J.G. Dudley's question (Letters, 31 January) about the word `pilgering' and `pilgerish' is quickly answered. The verb to pilger means to regard with insight, com- passion......
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