12 MAY 1973, page 27

Pyotr Yakir

Sir: The attack you print on Mr Pyotr Yakir is more than usually cowardly, because he is in no position to sue You. The versions of events given by Mr David Levy — even if they......

Rhodesia

Sir: The affair of the jailed journalist, While somewhat deplorable in itself, has aroused passions in the Labour Party on a scale rarely seen in recent Years, and has allowed......

Black Dog

Sir: Some years ago a Spectator correspondence emanated from a diary note about the Black Dog, a sobriquet for death. I meant at the time to give the following information: In......

Children's Rights

Sir: John H. Chambers' criticism of the children's right movement (April 28) was as strong a vindication of the young rebels, and their charges, as.one could imagine. His......

Homosexuals

Sir: Mr Tom Sutcliffe (May 5) states that homosexuals in the Church of England are most likely to be found in what he chooses to call the ' lace and smells' belt. If by this......

Juliette's Weekly Frolic

But for Mon Fils's handsome face, devotees of this column would even now be wallowing in wealth on some foreign shore, having sagaciously doubled up The Spectator-approved......