Naff Origins
Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne (Diary, 22 July) would like to know where the word `naff originated. The entry in Jonathon Green's The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (Pan Books,......
Sir: Plainly Naff Ought To Derive From Naafi Because It
so well describes the enthu- siasms dear to servicemen: dancing to 1960s music, personalised goods, tinkering with cars, sport, visiting pubs in groups, curry, Bailey's Irish......
Blond Is Beautiful
Sir: Your diarist Mr Worsthorne refers to Anthony Blond as 'a much better writer than publisher' (22 July). He must have a high opinion of Mr Blond's jottings. For the record, I......
Rude Restaurateurs
Sir: Nico's title as rudest restaurateur (17 June) cannot go undisputed. Four guests and I arrived most punctually at Harvey's on 13 July 9.30 p.m. We were seated and wined with......
Memory Lane
Sir: I have been commissioned to write my autobiography — I can scarcely say 'my memoirs' since I remember practically nothing — and would be most grateful to hear from anyone......
The Red 'un
Sir: Christian Hesketh (`Yes, but why a red flag?' 22 July) may be interested to know that in 1906 was published issue No. 1 of True Red: The Wirral Conservative Maga- zine......
Letters De Mortuis. .
Sir: Some weeks ago an uncle died. After 15 years as an academic, 20 years as a parish priest, and 25 years in retirement, his death was hardly front-page news. But three days......
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