RSS

Contact us

Saturday 19 July 2008

Letters

Spectator readers respond to recent articles

Recording? I believe Dom Hugh has perfectly demonstrated his survival skills.

Allan Mallinson

The Cavalry and Guards Club, London SW1

Lawless OAPs

Sir: Deborah Devonshire (‘Death of a Post Office’, 5 April) asserts that the old are disregarded because ‘they don’t stab each other after a bout of drinking and have never bothered the police or a councillor in their lives’. What cocoon does she live in? She should come up north and watch the blood flow as we lawless OAPs practise our bladework in the bingo halls and drop-in centres (though to be honest it’s more the drugs than the drink these days).

Basil Ransome-Davies

Lancaster

Canapés are correct

Sir: Further to Charles Moore’s item about upside-down toast (The Spectator’s Notes, 29 March) and your correspondent’s follow-up (Letters, 5 April), taste buds only respond to the primary tastes — sweet, sour, bitter and salt. The flavours and aromas which make food attractive are sensed by the olfactory mucosa in the vault of the nasal cavity, so it makes sense that the tastiest ingredients should be on top. Canapés and our bodies are correctly constructed.

Keith Ferris

(FRCS, DLO, long-retired ENT surgeon)

Coxheath, Kent

More articles from: | this section

Print this article  |  Email to a friend  |  Permalink  |   Comment

Post this entry to:   del.icio.us | Digg | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit

Advertisement

Spectator Business | Apollo Magazine

Corporate | Advertising | Privacy | Terms

Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP

All Articles and Content Copyright ©2008 by The Spectator | All Rights Reserved