Bar Whine

Bar whine Sir: On 13 August (Leading article) you said of the British, 'we are wonderful at invention, hopeless at taking advantage of it'; the same theory was expressed by......

Screening Mrs Thatcher

Screening Mrs Thatcher Sir: Richard Ingrams's review of Michael Cockerell's book Live from Number 10 (Books, 24 September) includes a suggestion that the BBC deliberately......

All Hail, Cawdor

All hail, Cawdor Sir: Please recruit Lord Cawdor ('Stately) homage', 3 September) immediately as a regular contributor. Let no compunctious visitings shake his fell purpose, (I,......

Loyal Address

Loyal address Sir: I was happy to be reminded. by Steven Runciman (Books. 24 September) of Queen Marie of Romania. In 1921. my mother and I stayed at the (Cotreceni, her palace......

A Brigadier Writes

A brigadier writes Sir: Cyril Ray (Letters, 1 October) is still in error. A 'salvo' is a number of guns firing at the same moment. Salutes are generally fired as one gun after......

Glorious Macaulay

Glorious Macaulay Sir: The nun who taught Melanie McDonagh history ('What the nuns taught me', 30 July) would in fact have found quite a lot of common ground with Lord Macaulay,......