Giles the reluctant guest
SIR: Among the things that Giles Wood is so pleased to have avoided, by turning down an invitation to stay for a week on a Scottish island (October issue), is the prospect of chatting through three-course dinners every night. As his putative (and erstwhile) host, can I put his mind at rest: we have a strict no-starters rule (for exactly that reason).
Think again next year, Giles! Yours sincerely, Richard Oldfield, Doddington, Kent
Inside Byron's dog's tomb
SIR: I always enjoy Lucinda Lambton's travel writings, and September's Overlooked Britain with its association with Newstead Abbey and Lord Byron was particularly enjoyable.
I was fortunate, as a resident of Newstead
