27 SEPTEMBER 1980, page 16

Misusage

Misusage Sir: While applauding Ferdinand Mount's use of 'comm&re' to describe Ruth Addison (What the window-cleaner saw, 13 September) as an attempt to feminise 'compere' in the......

Compare And Contrast

Compare and contrast Sir: In your issue of 2(1 September. a MIr Auberon Wauhll weeps copiously ov'er- anl attack bh Mr Christopher Ilitchens on1 Mr Philip Dossc. which appeared......

The Deklein Of Fashion

The deKlein of fashion Sir: It mia nowx fi.e as Marv Kenn\ wrote ( I Seite rllbcr ) .a sociiolocica I law that t he hlcnilincs of womcirnes sklir-ts go Up anild down w ith t he......

Church Nice

Church nice Sir: ( 'n par);cr \N it h the \'isitors' Book at Si Laurence at- Affpuddle (Notehook. 2() SeeintCllhCIt) the one odlll( t oodetWo& MI Pilarish1 ( 'hInL-rCh inl (......

The Waiting Game

The waiting game Sir: The Venerable Archdeacon of Oxford argues that the impasse reached in the present Camp David negotiations dictates a policy of patience (Letters, 13......

Phenomenally Simple

Phenomenally simple Sir: Arthur Freeman ilruCS that I SCCM to have contradictory views about pheniomeriologv and asks for my' teal opinio (20 September). I apologise it......