12 SEPTEMBER 1981, page 14

Unjustified

Sir: Many of Richard West's strictures on Jamaica's former Prime Minister (22 August) were fully justified, but his attempt to burden Michael Manley with personal blame for......

The Cossacks

Sir: It is so important that we should all keep a clear head when attempting to disentangle the complex and murky story of the handover of the White Russians in 1945 that I must......

A New Religion?

Sir: C. H. Sisson (5 September) kindly quotes my suggestion that it is 'far simpler . . . for civil authorities to consider the truth of any religious teaching rather than......

More Jokes

Sir: I have always assumed that readers of the Spectator have a sense of humour; without one they must find parts of it decidedly peculiar. If the best Julian Budden can do (5......

Ernest Bramah

Sir: I am about to attempt a biography of Ernest Bramah, the enigmatic creator of Kai Lung. If any of your readers can tell me anything about Bramah (omitting no detail however......