9 APRIL 1977, page 17

Understanding Corbusier

Sir: Journalists, with all due respect to the Profession, do sometimes tend to get the wrong end of the stick when they stray off the familiar ground of reportage. Journalists......

Alibi

S ir: When an obvious know-nothing like C. Cummins (5 March) has a piece of ones work 'come to his attention' that is one s in g . But when Mr William F. Buckley (6 March)......

A Brick

Sir: Mr Davey (Letters, 26 March) is either indulging in subtle republican propaganda or in hideous mixed metaphors. If the Queen is indeed 'the cornerstone of the arch of the......

Say It In Welsh

Sir: Antonia Martin's article under this heading (5 February) struck me—a Welshman who understands the language—as true, singularly well-informed, and, above all, necessary. The......

Wild Dayrell

Sir: According to the story handed down in my family, Wild Dayrell's curse on the Pophams stated that 'no eldest son will ever succeed the father.' It might be of interest to Mr......