Stately columns

Sir, – Welcome back Michael Harding, I have missed your well-crafted musings ("My indigestion turned out to be a heart attack", Life, January 16th).

I hope that good heart of yours continues to beat long into the future. – Yours, etc,

JOY POWELL,

Tallaght, Dublin 24.

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Sir, – In a time of remarkable global turbulence, Hilary Fannin's article "Today is not a milestone" (Life, January 18th) was a piece of pure magical journalism! – Yours, etc,

MARY DONOHOE,

Dublin 4.

Sir, – I use Frank McNally's Irishman's Diary in my class of advanced students of English as a second language. Some are now devoted readers of The Irish Times. Is there a referral fee I can claim? – Yours, etc,

JOHN KELLY,

Dublin 2.