9 AUGUST 1997, page 23

[sir: A Former Colleague Has Drawn My...]

LE TTERS A fair cop I Sir: A former colleague has drawn my attcintionl to the recent correspondence in your magazine regarding your restaurant critic, David Finglcton. On 26......

The Evil Eye

The evil eye Sir: Taki's ruminations (Hiugh life, 26 July) Onl tile persisting 'm11alignan1l1lt influcincc' oil the British press through the 'snideness and snccring' of Private......

[sir: Mr Digby Anderson's 'working-class...]

Sir: Mr Dighby Andcrson's workimz-cklss habits' was a worthly Successor to the Colltrovcrsv slot vacated bv Alice von Schliefell on 'how gradathe lost the Great War for......

[sir: How Odd That Digby Anderson ('they...]

Impossible Sir: I low odd that Dirghv Anldcrsoll ( Thcy don't whistle while they' work. 26 JinV) should wonder whv whistlinil has po(li OUt of, fIashioll when thie an1swer' is......

[sir: It Was Unkind, Even Cruel, To Have...]

| Sir: It was unkind, cvcn cruel. to have brought in such a big gull as Mark Archer (MEating for the Third World', 19 July) to demolish Joanna Ritchie for the gentle letter she......