... Haughey to speak at Lenihan rally THE lrisi:\ prime minister, Charles Haughey, will speak at an election- rally for presidential candidate Brian Lenihan this weekend — four days after sacking him from his government. He will be at the main prepoll rally ...

... Plain speaking RE the reference by my esteemed award-winning colleague, Kenneth Roy, to La Mancha in West Lothian. Could this, asks'A Reader, in any way be related to Lamancha in Peeblesshire, so named because of its resemblance to the hot, dry Span ish ...

... Double-speak VENTS in Europe are embarrassing the British Government in a manner that will force it to come clean over the single European currency. Labour and its allies in big business would have us believe that scrapping the pound for the euro is a ...

... RELATIVELY SPEAKING Creative reading IF the thought of your child glued to Teletubbies or their Nintendo for six weeks of summer holidays fills you with horror, then Dillons the bookshop may be able to help. The newly launched Read Away, Play Away promotion ...

... Fester speaks “HELLO, Fester. Who's been a na’t_iflty boy; then?” . “For the last time, I'm a cockatoo, not a parrot. A sulphur-crested cockatoo, got it? I don’t talk.” g . “The same cockatoo, the head-keeper tells me, who was abducted from his cage, ...

... Double-speak on Sir, - Michael Scott, of Scottish Countryside and Wildlife Link, seeks to J\m&uflom of the “celebrity to the Cairngorm funicular proLect (Letters, 6 June). Of course he would. He was one of those behind the publicity stunt to draw in the ...

... Oracle-speak WE knew it would happen. The University of Edinburgh has advertised for an Oracle Analyst, pretty much a waste of time, given it has already been revealed the Pythian Princess at ...

... Netanyahu speaks of Peres meeting: Premier-elect takes softer line after rbetoric of the campaign trail bity of his campaign rhetoric was matched by some members of the Labour party, who spoke of joining Mr Netanyahu in a national unity coalition to keep ...

... Speaking In tongues Alan Garner’s children’s books captivated a generation, and his adult work bewitched them when they grew up. Could he top that with a play? Sir Alex Ferguson and Prince Charles think so. ...

... Speaking their language DONALD Dewar is steeped in Scotland — its history, its politics, its language — so it is hardly surprising that Scottish idi_o_ms trip off his tongue. He bewildered Labour delegates with one when he told them from the conference ...

... Speaking out ENCOURAGING people to speak out against injustice is laudable. There is certainly much injustice about which to speak. But sgeaking out brings with it a responsibility to be seen as capable also of listening. _ There will be much speakmgg)ut ...

... speak to us ~~ When your company invests in Scottish Opera. it receives molto in return. 7 LT ohpg’nuqitios for cor;[rbralc hospitality arc as distinctive as the productions - the Charter Room in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, accommodates buflets and dinners ...