6 OCTOBER 1984, page 23

Presidential Puzzle

Sir: I was surprised to read in Anthony Mockler's otherwise excellent article ('The "Little Man" ', 15 September) that Presi- dent Giscard d'Estaing was one of the Heads of......

Three-dimensional Building

Sir: Few could disagree with Gavin Stamp's appreciation of the plastic qual- ities of the architecture of Hawksmoor, Soane and Lutyens (8 September); an architecture 'not rigid......

Blow To West

Sir: Quite apart from the inaccuracies in Richard West's recollection of the story I told him about the late Nye Bevan ('Close- knit parasites', 1 September) — he couldn't even......

Breaking The Mole

Sir: Moles are so destructive of carefully and expensively tended lawns, no death, in my view, can be too painful or prolonged (Letters, 29 September). I suggest, there- fore,......

Addisoman

Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne complains • (Diary, 22 September) that he finds women journalists who write about public affairs `absurdly aggrieved' and `ridiculous- ly optimistic'......

Sir: An Elderly And Distinguished Friend Of Mine Tells Me

he has devised a simple and effective method Ot dealing with moles. He waits patiently in his deckchair with his gun, and when he thinks the moment right, he blasts the little......

Letters

'Subterfuge' Sir: Paul Johnson, in his recommended solution to the grave moral problem of . deceitful journalism (The press, 18 Au- gust), displays a very New-Statesmanlike......