13 JUNE 1992, page 23

Sir: You Are Quite Right In Your Editorial ('full Of

Cantuar', 23 May). All populations know how to limit family size. They are par- ticularly successful in South America, where more than half of all conceptions overall end in......

Life Of Brian

Sir: Having noted in this morning's publica- tion of the dissolution Honours List the elevation of Sir Ian Gilmour and Nigel Lawson, the first being the financial saviour of The......

Letters Birth And The Earth

Sir: It seems to me that Dr Andrew Purkis of Lambeth Palace (Letters, 6 June) is in a muddle about population. Indeed, I think he would be well-advised to avoid the expression......

Unsettled Out Of Court

Sir: When George Galloway ascribes Ceausescu's oppressive social policies to 'puritan ideals' (Letters, 30 May), he is grotesquely misusing the English language. It was not any......

Waking Thoughts

Sir: Would Henry Porter consider writing a sequel to his excellent piece on the tabloids' royal correspondents ('Fact, fic- tion and the royal rats', 6 June): one on the future......

Sir: Your Article, 'full Of Cantuar', (23 May) Is A

travesty of what Dr Carey actually said. Any debate on birth control is a mine- field — but your explosive riposte really did The Spectator no credit. It is difficult to find a......

Pure Ignorance, Madam

Sir: I read Hugh Massingberd's tilt at the Upper House (Dull hearts and coronets', 9 May) with interest and a lot of agreement. But it doesn't have to be so mindlessly......