11 MAY 1996, page 29

Mad Bull Disease

Sir: May I make a point to forestall a possi- ble flood of criticism of Simon Courtauld's appreciation of the art of bullfighting (Arts, 4 May)? Having been enthralled by the......

Sir: It Has Come To Something When The Spectator Extends

two-thirds of a page to an uncritical, quasi-sophisticated celebration of bullfighting: nothing of the deliberate brutality to weaken the bull before entry into the ring;......

Delicious Salad

Sir: Is young Mr Morley, your dramatic critic, suggesting that my entirely charming cast in Salad Days is not performing Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds's text accu- rately......

My Leader, Your Leader

Sir: It is your perfect right to believe (Lead- er, 4 May) that John Major is fit to hold the office of prime minister, but it will not do to caricature his Tory detractors as......

Sir: As A Devoted Reader Of The Spectator I Am

sickenend by Simon Courtauld's approving article about bullfighting, and disappointed that you should publish it. The next piece, by Emma Bagnall (Walk- ing), refers to the......

The Case For De Blank

Sir: Justin de Blank has been knocked about in your columns recently (Restau- rant, 13 April), so it's time someone said that for many years in Elizabeth Street he ran a......