14 MAY 2005, page 20

Not So Bel Canto

From J.L.A. Hartley Sir: Peter Phillips (Arts, 7 May) wonders why there should be such a gap between the standards of the Sistine Chapel choir and the average English cathedral......

Critical Errors

From Jeffrey D. Sachs Sir: Tim Congdon’s review of my book The End of Poverty (Books, 7 May) is repeatedly incorrect. Here is a sampling of his errors. ‘But the blunt truth is......

With Friends Like Taki ...

From Manuel Escott Sir: Taki’s column in which he hails the election of Pope Benedict (High life, 30 April) is one of his most richly comic to date. The German Holy Father will,......