Add Irish Water
Sir: While I do not quarrel with the heart- felt appreciation of James Knox for Some Experiences of an Irish RM (Books, 21 January) (apart from thinking he might have found a......
Letters
Scott's gems Sir: It is a pity that Gita Mehta Klass and the Crown', 11 February) should be fond of making glib generalisations about India and Paul Scott's view of it, while......
Sir: Gita Mehta's Observation That 'it Is Particularly...
the imperialist Kipling can make Indians sound convincing and that the anti-imperialist Scott cannot' invites an attempt at explain why this should be so. Scott, like any other......
Russia's Offer
Sir: 'Russia', Colin Welch writes in an excellent article (Centrepiece, 7 January), `has still in her gift an enormous bribe — in exchange, say, for German neutrality, nothing......
Pots And Kettles
Sir: Mr Alexander Chancellor (Notebook, 4 February) can dish it out but he evidently can't take it, for his much-protesting complaint about my attack on him during the House of......