23 MAY 1998, page 29

Double Bastardy

Sir: With reference to Damien McCrystal's article 'Hived off hyphens' (16 May), the feminist retention of the maiden name dates back much further than Hillary Rod- ham Clinton.......

Y Byd And Y Ddysgl

Sir: Jilly Allenby-Ryan (Letters, 16 May), in the latest addition to a discussion on eating in those parts, claims that Le Monde is not the only good restaurant around the Welsh......

Sir: Clearly Little Has Changed On The Cardiff Catering...

Thirty years ago, we found ourselves in the city on the final evening of a Welsh holiday. We wanted it to be special, a treat that would compen- sate our daughters for ten days......

Frank's Good Deed

Sir: Among the eulogies to Frank Sinatra and the many accounts of his bad connec- tions and misdeeds, I would like to add the following story, which presents a very dif- ferent......

Letters Church Times

Sir: I could not refrain from a wry smile on reading Stephen Glover's 'Once again it looks as though he [the editor of the Times] cannot bear to carry criticisms of his paper or......

New York Stories

Sir: As a lifelong resident of New York City, I must take issue with Andrew Neil's Diary (18 April) in which he praises the `Giuliani effect'. He obviously didn't notice the......