Slobs And Snobs
From David Reade Sir: Simon Heffer’s article (‘The slob culture’, 15 January) identifies a long-standing decline. I live in Bangkok, Thailand, and on Christmas Eve I was in the......
From C.w. Prentice
Sir: Simon Heffer caused me to reflect that, during 35 years attending the Royal Opera House, I have observed that the standard of a man’s behaviour is in inverse proportion to......
From Antony Sharples
Sir: I am a little surprised at Simon Heffer citing Evelyn Waugh. Mr Waugh has not hitherto been seen as a reliable guide either to matters sartorial (his lurid and......
Theatrical History
From Anthony Mott Sir: R.C. Sherriff published an autobiography, No Leading Lady , in 1968, but perhaps it is not so surprising that Robert Gore-Langton omitted to acknowledge......
From Ian Mertling-blake
Sir: How good at last to see an article paying tribute to R.C. Sherriff. At Charterhouse, in 1968, I introduced Journey’s End as part of my 20th-century drama course. It always......
Pol Roger’s Wit Of The Week
“I don't want to miss out on heaven due to a technicality”......
When Just Read In The Hash-room.
A revival of his fine play The Long Sunset is long overdue. Written in 1955, clearly nostalgic about the evening of empire, it would, today, provide an epitaph on a Britain......
Ease Out The Mullahs
From Mehrdad Khonsari Sir: Douglas Davis is right in his assessment (‘Deadly threat of a nuclear Iran’, 15 January) that if the mullahs get a nuclear weapon they will be......
From Valerie Scott
Sir: I heartily agree with Mary Kenny (‘My grubby secret’, 1 January) that after a certain age when one ceases to perspire a daily bath or shower is not essential. What Paul......
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