Arts Council Grants

Sir: It is wrong of Auberon Waugh to blame Charles Osborne for all the actions of the Arts Council in the field of literature. In many ways he is only the servant of the......

'boring' Keynes

Sir: Your editorial (27 November) complains that the Queen's Speech made no reference either to the fact that the rate of inflation is steadily rising—it now stands at more than......

A Family At War

Sir: Having been abroad. I have only just read the article by Lord Lambton on David Pryce-Jones's book on Unity Mitford (13 November). I have not yet read the book itself but,......

Ruffled Feathers

Sir: I am sorry to have provoked yet more anguished squawkings from the Combe Florey hen house—but touchy as he is, poor Auberon Waugh (Letters, 27 November) will have to do......

No Scots Referendum

Sir: One of the snags about having a referendum is the answers might well be the ones that aren't wanted. As I put it in [IV speech in the House of Commons in 1969 , 'the House......

Annual Polling

Sir: Your psephologist at large, M r Auberon Waugh, gave us much food fo r thought in his article Fraud at the polls (13 November). However, I just wonder" he isn't attacking......