12 APRIL 2003, page 30

Oil Contracts In Iraq

From Mr Graham Hay Sir: I agree with Rod Liddle ('Blood, oil, tears and sweat', 29 March) that British contractors should have been allowed to bid for reconstruction in Iraq,......

Rowse's Other Pursuits

From Mr Robert Triggs Sir: Dr A.L. Rowse's 'pursuit of Prick'. (A.N. Wilson, Books, 29 March). was sometimes employed to ruthless effect. As a senior fellow of All Souls, he had......

Parkas And Purple Hearts

From Mr John Miles Sir: Your article (The Spectator's notes, 5 April) referring to current barter rate between the US and UK troops struck a chord. In 1953, my battalion, 1st......

Perle Of Great Price

From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: I regret that Taki's habit of lapsing occasionally into absurdly offensive comment stirs me again to respond to him (High life, 29 March).......

Haw-haw Reviewed

From Mary Kenny Sir: I am in the process of completing a new biography of William Joyce, 'Lord Haw-Haw', with special emphasis on his Irish roots: it will be published by New......