... Reading about the smartest people running boutiques, eat ing spaghetti, and all the other wild, mad things they do. makes me feel slightly ill, but what really makes me reach for my leopard-skin sick bag is David Wynne-Morgan's kinky column. Nearly everj week we are offered Terence Stamp, the controversial bachelor. Who is Alexander Plunkett-Green? And can any body care, even if he is hie ...

... For many months (18 to be more precise) people have asked me the same question. What do I feel about Britain and the British people? To compare France and England is such a controver sial subject our countries are traditional neighbours, and our people are so different in character. About five years ago, the image we had was a peculiar one. At that time we thought of the British as gentlemen ...

... I am gathering material for a book on censorship in the theatre, cinema, television and publishing. I would be pleased to hear from authors, direc tors, producers and actors who could furnish me with information of any kind relat ing to the pros and cons of censorship in Britain. Charles Hambiett, 6 cnadwicK noaa, Chalkwell, Essex ...

... I hope everyone was in spired by the recent Liberal Party conference with the new policy, aerial bombing with out tears. The idea brings us back to the days when war was all gallantry and fun. My only fear is that Ian Smith no sportsman he might ruin the whole idea by asking his supporters to take turns in camping out all along the railway line, thus ensuring casualties and a sad end to a ...

... Sir, TATLER, December 18th, 1946, page 391. Sur prised to learn from Michael Killanin's article that the first trans-Atlantic cable came into Qifden, Galway. Why did they get towed around to Watcr- ville and Valentia, Co. Kerry Co. Kerry, Ireland. T. B. Why To enact another injustice, maybe. [Ed.] ...

... Sir, I was somewhat surprised to read in your article in THE TATLER of October 2nd that the eland was only to be found in remote parts of Kenya. Should you have any readers contemplating a trip to N. Rhodesia, this antelope can be found without much difficulty in the Kalomo, Choma, Lusaka and Namwala areas of N. Rhodesia. ALAN J. C. HEWITT (CAPT.). Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. ...

... Sir, May I thank you for giving publicity to the last bloodstock sales at Newmarket and the presence of so many Continental buyers, so giving the lie to those pessimists who maintain that our racing strains are 44 played out. All our horses are suffering from (as Sabretache so often emphasises) is malnutrition, on the principle, one supposes, that 44 enough to keep them on their feet is a ...

... TBe Bee in the Bonnet AM AUTO-CAUSERIE. By Qeirald Blss. MY DEAR TATLER, From the civilian's point of view the giddy Gothas must be regarded as one of the episodic frightfulnesses of the war, and must be taken nightly after going to bed with an extra pint of philo sophy, .which in cases of weaker brethren, like St. Timothy of old, may be assisted by the addition of something more actively ...

... TBe Bee in. the Bonnet AN AUTO-CAUSERIE. By Geiraldl Bis. MY DEAR TATLER, By the time this reaches the print stage upon your best war-time art paper at heaven-only-knows-what a pound the untimely Hun ter's Hunny-moon will be drawing to a discreet close, and Diana will be burying her unblushing face in delightful dark ness, for which relief many thanks. Some bard once won fame with a trite ...

... OUR TRNMIS LETTER. MY DEAR TATLER, To begin with, I can't help telling you that I'm sad, horribly sad, that Wimbledon is over again and that we have another whole year to wait before we shall all meet again for another fortnight of wonderful tennis and delightful meetings with old friends. I don't know how much the people enjoy Wimbledon, but certainly the players all like it, and I, for one, ...

... . A/T Y Dear Tatler, After the great excitements of the challenge round of the Davis Cup -excitements which were not confined to the actual play itself but which began much earlier, when, after his suspension just before the Italian-American final, the last-moment reinstatement of William Tilden and his subsequent wonderful come-back in the opening single when he revenged himself for his ...

... OUR TBMNIS BETTER. TV/T y Dear Tatler, This has been a very busy week, with plenty of lawn tennis of every kind and description. To begin with of course we had the three doubles finals at Wimbledon, which, although they were really intensely interesting, seemed just a shade of an anti-climax after the wonderful thrills of the two singles. Bill Tilden, however, had something of a revenge for ...