15 DECEMBER 1990, page 30

Over The Top?

Sir: I suppose any grumbles about the extraordinary assertion of Jeffrey Klinke of the Daily Mail should properly be directed at John Murray (Advertisement). Still, you took the......

Poorer Without Waugh

Sir: Whether Auberon Waugh enjoys 'a taste of poverty' (Letters, 1 December) or not, would you please encourage him to resume weekly instead of fortnightly con- tributions to......

Cap Out Of Hand

Sir: There is only one thing I don't under- stand about the 'European issue'. Why are so many expensively educated and even intelligent people willing to put their com- plete......

Williams, Deceased

Sir: I am at a loss to help Allan Massie, who has been dreaming (Diary, 8 Decem- ber) of obituaries in the Independent. In the four years since the newspaper began publishing,......

Ecuconfidence

Sir: Tim Congdon (Ecunomical with the truth', 1 December) is mistaken when he writes, 'Paper money. . . depends on legal backing for it to have any value.' Bank of England......

Non' Payment

Sir: I have just received a testy letter from an organisation calling itself the 'National Television Licence Records Office' (NTLRO) telling me to register with them as a......

Letters Drifting To Port

Sir: Your editorial of 1 December, 'Un- finished business', went a little way to assuage my foreboding of the last few weeks. For many, the initial shock and horror of Mrs......

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