Blasphemers
Blasphemers Sir: Mr Roy Kerridge ('Verses and worse', 24 June) refers slightingly to English people who have never read Satanic Verses but fearlessly support the cause of......
Relative Confusion
Relative confusion Sir: May 1, as his sole surviving relative, correct Mr Christopher Webb's (Letters, 10 June) silly confusion of my uncle, Alastair Forbes, late of Harrods......
No Pyjamas
No pyjamas Sir: Perhaps Wendy Cope (Television, 3 June) saw my Channel Four film, 'She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjmas', last year on television. Julie Walters does indeed strip off......
Brief Lives
Brief lives Sir: It has been decided to compile a volume of omissions from the DJictonary of National Biography from the beginnings to 1985 (the 1981-85 supplement will be......
In Search Of Durham
In search of Durham Sir: May I put Alexandra Artley's article ('Vegetable Mappa Mundi', 10 June) into context by saying that Durham's threatened allotments are but the tip of......
Half-cut And Dryden
Half-cut and Dryden Sir: P. D. James (Diary, 17 June) may be pleased (or saddened) to know that John Dryden (Poet Laureate) in 1685 wrote: We'll toss off our Ale till we canno'......
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