No Checks In The Post
From Mr Christopher Booker Sir: I fear that J.D.F. Jones, in his letter (27 October) defending himself as the biographer of Laurens van der Post, displays that same compulsion......
Annuity Scam
From Mr Colin Sutherland Sir: Simon Nixon's article (Pensions? I'm not buying one', 20 October) hit the nail on the head. But what he did not address was the consequent rip-off......
Captains Courageous
From Professor Richard Holmes Sir: James Delingpole threw me a wonderful bouquet in his first review of the BBC2 series Battlefields, but his tailpiece (Arts, 27 October) has......
Tunnel Vision
From Mr Paul Ravenscroft Sir: Ross Clark's assertion (Banned wagon, 13 October) that the sole benefit of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) will be to 'shave 15 minutes off the......
Hippie Shakes
From Mr Paul Miller Sir: I recognise the hippie types in David Giimour's article (Back to the Stoned Age', 20 October), but I must confess that it is far harder to recognise the......
Open Amazon
From Mr Robin Terrell Sir: I would like to respond to Chris Lewis's article (`Cooking the books', 20 October). At Amazon we believe that we make it very clear to our customers......
Maestro Of The Buttonhole
From Mr Paul Johnson Sir: A misprint in my column last week has Balenciaga saying that Dior had never seen a buttonhole. The word was sewn, the point being that Balenciaga could......