28 OCTOBER 2000, Page 43

Art of the confessional

From Mr Ross Wilson Sir: Mark Steyn and Taki are your best writ- ers because they are prepared to reveal their vulnerable sides. Their intense, almost baroque hatred of the Clintons and Al Gore should be read as a kind of autobiography about the darker aspects of themselves rather than of the politicians involved. Other Spectator writers should stop mincing about and aim for high art like these two.

Ross Wilson

Sydney, Australia