Blimey O'malley!

Sir: Considering the life he has happily always contrived to lead, it was perhaps not surprising that Paddy Leigh Fermor, in his worthy tribute to 'Andrew Kennedy' (`The......

Bodged Boeings

Sir: Why has it taken the regulatory authorities until now to call for mandatory checks of Boeing aircraft? Murray Sayle in his article of 18 June (`Leaks, drips and bodged......

Thin Voice

Sir: It is well that Myles Hams CA thinner voice', 19 November) brings the BBC World Service under review. More and more does it seem to serve its own arty Celtic Fringe than......

Sir: Your Note (portrait Of The Week, 5 November) That

the BBC World Service is abandoning its signature tune came as a blow to a faithful listener. I was not aware that the brass band tune was so powerfully evocative of Britain's......

Press Accuracy

Sir: Paul Johnson (The press, 10 Decem- ber) points out that British newspapers need to improve in accuracy and objectiv- ity. In his article he fails in both. He mistakes the......

Letters .

Weak constitution Sir: I understand from The Spectator that in the United Kingdom there is at present a great deal of huffing and puffing about Charter 88, this to be presumably......

Fewer Doctors, Please

Sir: How refreshing that in all the recent publicity someone (Leading article, 7 Janu- ary) appreciates that our campaign for shorter hours need not necessarily cost more. We......