Blitzkrieg
Sir: Could you correct an error in Mr von Hoffman's article 'Begin's American friends' (1 August)? 'The names of Guernica, Amsterdam and Coventry . . .' should read 'The names......
Tongue-tied
Sir: Mr Brian Inglis, like Cousin Alice, is at it again (18 July). He abandons, but not quite, his usual role of publicity agent for the medical demi-monde and takes up the......
Screen Time
Sir: Like most people of a liberal persuasion, Paul Johnson excepted (8 August), I Was greatly disappointed by the refusal of the BBC to allow E.P. Thompson the guest spot on......
No Decision
Sir: In an article in the Spectator of 1 August, Ronald Mutebi referred to 'The British Government's decision to send 150 military "instructors" for the Ugandan Army.' No such......
Old Joke
Sir: Peter Paterson (`Taxing ingenuity', 1 August) spoilt that 'crude working-class joke' about the Prince Consort's being 'the dearest butcher'. As told in my far from......
Mismatched
Sir: Readers of the Spectator are doubtless used to your opera critic's habit of crediting strange sexual deviations to the heroes and heroines of the standard works. But in......
Ungrateful
Sir: I read the missive of the two Daniels from Bangor with some amusement (Letters, 25 July). They seem to have completely forgotten about a document called 'Orders concerning......
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