14 DECEMBER 1996, page 50

Sir: The Only Surprising Thing About Paul Johnson's...

that you did not distance your excellent magazine from the views expressed, which will have given offence to many — perhaps the majority — of your readers. Of course it was......

Letters Welcome The Outsider

Sir: William Oddie ('IVly time at homoerotic college', 7 December) recalls his unhappy time at theological college. He should con- sider how upsetting, even traumatic, count-......

Matters Of Fact And Fiction

Sir: James Srodes (`The spy of the century', 23 November) is not one to let facts inter- fere with his fancies of history, especially facts showing that Alger Hiss was falsely......

Stick To The Rules

Sir: Most of your outraged correspondents have missed the crucial point that Paul Johnson is making about the Church of England (And another thing, 23 Novem- ber). It doesn't......