11 APRIL 1998, page 28

Good For A Laugh

Sir: Of course MI5 should not destroy its surviving files from the Cold War, the sec- ond world war, the first world war or any other period of its history (`Once red but should......

Renaissance Rivalry

Sir: Peter Phillips has on a number of occa- sions shared his grievances as director of the Tallis Scholars with readers of The Spectator, which has always seemed to me somewhat......

The Evil That More Did

Sir: I am not a Christian, but Christ's words, 'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap' seem singularly (and ironically)......

Jail Fever

Sir: Your worry that the Deirdre Rachid case is a symptom of an increasing confu- sion of reality with virtual reality is needless (Leader, 4 April). What we have started to......