skirt or a large rump? Don Roberts, Cheshire We recently booked a table for four at 8pm at Novelli's White Horse/Elephant. Novelli staff confirmed this booking by phone (twice) and also by text. On arrival at 7.55pm there was no table available.

a few more won't harm. Don Roberts, Cheshire I'm surprised the Metropole in Brussels didn't keep the trousers you left behind as a memento and proof of your stay. Syd Bretts, Edgware Just bought your new book . What a brilliant, unbelievable door

look at you and I swear. Don Roberts, Cheshire No sooner have we accustomed ourselves to your award-winning garb of nightshirt, pyjama bottoms and carpet slippers than you introduce the muffler . Is this regression to your days of Cambridge cox

"historic" category. Ken Roberts, London SW1 I have dined on numerous occasions at Cafe Fish and, unlike Mr Winner , I and many of my friends as well as John Cleese, it seems have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with their excellent food and

in a restaurant in Italy? T Roberts, London SE8 I was astonished by the letter from Beverley Bennett (Style, August 16 ) extolling the virtues of French restaurants. In my recent experience, most food in France is filthy. C White,

Hoffman, Elton John, Julia Roberts and many more glitterati. Vanessa ordered sea bream covered in a light potato crust and baked in the oven. "Are you going to share the fish with the lady?" asked Antonio, in a voice of command more than

Beckett's digestion. George Roberts, Hadley Common, Hertfordshire I usually find your column entertaining, but there were a couple of things in your article on Lacock (Style, November 28 ) that irritated me slightly. Reading your comment in the

see their like again. George Roberts, Hadley Common, Herts The recent correspondence regarding the bad habit waiters have of holding glasses by the rim reminds me of a poem written by that great bard Sir Les Patterson (Australian cultural attache):

is of limited use. Stephen Roberts, Tilbury, Essex Mrs Julie Rothwell of Preston (Style, October 22 ) has missed the point of dining at The Ivy -- or dining out in general, come to that. Surely it's about pleasure, fun, food, service, company,

Surrey, and Christian Roberts, a former movie actor - still looking good - who was returning to London to star in a stage musical by the man who wrote his previous vehicle, Forbidden Planet. Sadly, it fell through. That, as they say, is show