25 JULY 1987, page 27

Letters Getting The Message

Sir: Recently I have been trying to get British Telecom to pull up its socks. Last August I received on a Monday morning a telegram that had been sent from Poland the previous......

400 Per Cent

Sir: In your leading article (4 July) you state clearly, `Dr Gilmour thinks that the [sexual] abuse itself is increasing'. Clearly you did not consult me before making such an......

Songhnes

Sir: A better candidate for the song that the Aborigines sing as they pace the outback (Diary, 18 July) might be the one popularised in England by Charlie Drake, the chorus of......

Innocents

Sir: Could you explain Mr Horovitz's reference (Letters, 11 July) to the inno- cents for whom Mrs Thatcher failed to intercede in the Falklands? As the mother of a serving......

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