13 NOVEMBER 1999, page 43

Liberal Fascists

From Mr Toby Horton Sir: Lady Mosley is right to remind us that, after the war, Sir Oswald Mosley devoted his political life to the 'Europe as a Nation' movement (Letters, 6......

From Mr Jonathan Kreeger Sir: As Diana Mosley States, Sir

Oswald was, of course, 'not an extremist'. One's reaction can only be compared to that of Sir John Gielgud who, when asked his opin- ion of Olivier's eye-rolling cinematic......

Edwards's Bon Mots

From The Revd RG. Holloway Sir: Chris Patten did not 'invent' for Mar- garet Thatcher the brilliant phrase 'The facts of life are Tory' (Politics, 6 Novem- ber). Out of the......

Ancestral Vice

From Mr Francis Johnston Sir: Earl Spencer (Diary, 6 November) does no justice to his family or to the peerage by flaunting the entirely bogus 'Despenser' ancestry of his......

Gold Well Sold

From Mr David 0. Clark Sir: I have just read Martin Vander Weyer's article 'Fool's Gold' (16 October), in which he claims the Chancellor's decision to sell off part of our......

Scent Ambrose

From Dr Dennis M. Jones Sir: In Lyall Watson's article on the sense of smell ('The Cinderella of the Senses', 30 October) he states that there are no societies dedicated to the......