... I was at the Tate Gallery last weekend and was desperate to make an urgent telephone call. On asking where the public telephone was in the gallery I was told that they were very sorry but it was out of order. It was suggested that I should try the inquiry office where the tele phone was apparently more accessible. At the inquiry office I was told: Sorry, you can not use the phone because it ...

... John McLeod criticised the drinking habits of my fellow Australians London Life, 16 April). Not only have you Britons been doing most things, including drinking, so much longer than Australians, but also I would respectfully suggest that some of you may have been generalising and ex aggerating so much longer. John McLeod really should travel overseas one day and notice just how an unfortunate ...

... Having returned quite re cently from abroad, I am more convinced than ever that Lon doners can be the world's most abrupt and unco-opera- tive people when it comes to helping overseas visitors with their casual inquiries. A ques tion asked in halting English usually brings a look of irri tation, followed by an imperti nent wave of the arm in an indefinable direction, with the instructions ...

... How long will it take this Government to legislate on umbrellas? With the wetter seasons fast approaching, it is surely time a question was asked in the House concerning the necessity for a Test to be followed by a Licence per mitting the use of the common gamp. Of normal height, I have suffered many times from hit-and-run carriers. Mis placed eyes, lacerated skull and torn ear lobes have left ...

... I should like to point out that in The Boss in His Office London Life, 20 August) in which I appeared, my name was misspelt as Jeffel. The correct spelling is Jessel. Jessel Harrison, Slimma Ltd, Woodstock Street, Wl. ...

... People usually say that modern buildings are ugly and destroy the architectural har mony of the city. I agree about some, but not the Tower of Saint Giles Circus. I prefer its intricate relief, such a contrast to the flat surface of so many buildings. C Bonan, 92, An tony, France. ...

... You say that the Bishop of Southwark has never heard of George Raft. This puts me in mind of the puddin'-headed type of magistrate who asks: Who are these Beatles? This Bishop might be with it some where but not right here. It is quite a reflection on a man who is here as one of our guide lines in this world. Bill Marshall, Queens Gate, SW7. ...

... Tjhe Bee in. the B eh in ft AM AUTO-CAUSERIE. By Gersvldl B MY DEAR TATLER-- Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the street of Berkeley, that the other day I had the now rare adventure of being upon the road in an automobile! I felt so guilty, but looked as though butter wouldn't melt in my cylinders, though it was all fair and above board, the petrol fully licensed and the car one of ...

... I thought your wife's name was Elizabeth So it is. Then why do you call her Short for Pegasy. What has that to do with it Why, Pegasa is feminine for Pegasus. Well W ell, Pegasus is an immortal steed. What of that Sh Not so loud. She's in the next room. You see an immortal steed is an everlasting nag, and there vou are.- -1. S. Williams, IS, Durham Road, Newport, Mon. ...

... One day Pat and his friend, Murphy, were walking a'ong a country road skirted by a wall built up with loose cobblestones put one on top of the other. They had not gone far when down came a portion of the wall on top of them. Have mercy upon us, cried Murphy. Shut up you fool, said Pat; haven't we got enough upon us --Arthur Livesey, 7, Newstead Road, Liverpool. ...

... Tlhe Bee in the Boniniet AM AUTO-CAUSERIE. By Gerald Biss. MY DEAR TATLER, Things are indeed coming to a pretty pass, as the Victorians used to say, when acquisitive Sir Alfred Tout-le-Mond cannot keep his itching claws off the British Museum, and actually proposes to turn the dear old Mummeries into the latest neo-martial Minx-ery in order to celebrate the birth of the Air Board after much ...

... Tlhe Bee in tine Bonirnet AM AUTO -CAUSER IE. By Geraldl Bis. MY DEAR TATLER, Papers really ought to be all stop press news in these Ugo Biondi days like the ha'penny evening sheets which once upon a time battened on racing and now piously disown it in its Cinderella days. As it is, the bally old orders have hardly left the dark rooms of their various controllers before they change, giving ...