25 OCTOBER 1986, page 28

Letters Bbc Integrity

Sir: I was most interested in Paul Johnson's feature 'An Iron Duke for the BBC' in the Spectator (10 October) in which he com- mented on the implications of Mr Duke Hussey......

Football Crazy

Sir: This observation, quoted by Dr G. Gordon CouIton in his Mediaeval Panor- ama, was made in 1366 and is contained in the records of the Halmote Rolls of Durham: Football was......

Sculpted Brollies

Sir: Charlie Chaplin never carried an umbrella in any of his films; why should he need one in Leicester Square? Christopher Webb 27 Park Road, East Molesey, Surrey......

Shag Threat

Sir: I was interested to read in the 13 September issue your quotation of a report of British Association proceedings of Sep.tember 1886. Dr Michael Foster described the......

Grosart

Sir: Let no printer's errors mar Grosart's memory now that P. J. Kavanagh and I have laboured to restore it (Letters, 13 September). Grosart edited and published not 30 but over......

Inflation

Sir: A propos Ferdinand Mount on infla- tion: Germany once had a political head who placed sound money above all else. His name was Heinrich Bruning, Reich Chancellor 1930-1932.......

Archaeopteryx

Sir: Rebuking you for publishing an article with 'so many errors' as mine on the Archaeopteryx ructions, Adrian Berry (4 October) claims that my principal mistake 'is to assume......

Curiosity

Sir: Have you noticed, as I have, the incredible difference between Mr Ronald 'moral outrage'. . . pitcher of spit' Spark of Rottingdean (Letters, 11 October) and old Ronny......