Asking For It
Sir: Dot Wordsworth (Mind your language, 12 June) condemns the 'misuse' of the phrase 'beg the question'. Alas, she is fight- ing a long-lost and pointless battle. By a happy......
Letters Gentle Rebuke
Sir: In his Blackpool Diary for the New Statesman, published on 3 October 1975, Anthony Howard gave currency to the fol- lowing clever observation about the trick- ster Harold......
A Little Learning
Sir: When you write about two subjects of which you know nothing — like diplomacy and business — the result is, not surprising- ly, a load of cobblers. Take your statement:......
Principled Remark
Sir: Last week you published an article I wrote about John Major's difficulties under the headline 'A man of no principles, des- perately looking for the string' (Politics, 12......
It's That Man Again
Sir: I wonder if your Mr Crappy Colum- nist is any more English than I am? In any case, I must admit that he has given a word, in fact his own name, to our language (Let- ters,......
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