The Last Person
Sir: Your correspondent Ronald Spark (Letters, 31 January) is mistaken if he believes that the trade associations of the grocers and greengrocers devised the leg- end 'Will the......
Fifty Years On
Sir: The British withdrawal from Palestine was not wholly an abandonment of power, leaving the Jews and Arabs to fight it out (Books, 24 January). This conventional view must be......
Whingeing Ockers
Sir: David Morgan's letter (31 January) on patronising Poms prompts us to worry about Australia. This great country always wants some father-figure to moan about. Example:......
Confusion Reigns
Sir: Yesterday I saw the Titanic film. Twice during the Titanic's approach to the loom- ing iceberg, ship's officers refer to steering `starboard', yet the helm is turned to......
Sir: I Remember Being First Intrigued By The Legend, 'will
the last businessman to leave the province turn out the lights' when I saw it written in Irish dust across the back doors of an artic box trailer, rolling out of County Antrim......
Too Many Poms
Sir: Kim Fletcher's piece about Australia's nanny state (New south wails', 17 January) may have resulted from misunderstanding the Manly lifesaver's instructions. Having no......
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