30 APRIL 1994, page 27

Whine And Dine

Sir: It is not in the least bit surprising that Mr Buchan is seldom asked out to dinner. The surprise is, given his militantly misogy- nistic attitude, that he is asked out at......

Peace In His Time

Sir: I read with interest, and inescapable dismay, Alan Clark's dismissive review of Clive Ponting's biography of Churchill (Books, 23 April), not because I dissent from the......

Letters Due Deference

Sir: For an academic, Professor Cannadine is a distressingly loose thinker ('John Major, Just an undertaker on overtime', 16 April). He accuses Thatcherism of 'wilfully' set-......

Sir: Professor Cannadine's Article Suggests That He Is...

yet another institution — that of academic argument — which has lost its bearings. Margaret Thatcher's record will speak for itself and drown his pip-squeak rant- ings, but I......

Sir: Perhaps James Buchan Is Unaware That In North London,

where we both live, a hostess's best food and drink are reserved for the Bores' Dinner Party, where they console her for the rude, dull and cantan- kerous. The rocket salad and......

Triple Heart Bypass Fan

Sir: Liz Hodgkinson has got it right (The joy of illness. Illness can be a rewarding state for many. But there is an eventual price to be paid for the pleasure and indul- gence......

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