15 DECEMBER 1979, page 17

Black Culture

Sir: Roy Kerridge sees Rasta, reggae, etc, as nervous tics which stop English blacks from reaching fuller expression (1 December). Agreed, they don't always help. Jennings's......

A Kind Of Freedom

Sir: At least Alexander Chancellor was honest enough to announce in advance his sinful intent (Notebook, 17 November). But alas this was only half a confession. Discussing our......

Errors And Excuses

Sir:It was nice of Peter Basell to allege that Jeremy Thorpe; A Secret Lift was 'a highly readable, entertaining book that moves along at a cracking pace' (1 December), but I......

Personal Faith

Sir: I have to confess to some surprise that the Spectator invited Nicolas Walter; the radical editor of the New Humanist and hardly typical, I would have thought, of the......

Gas Concession

Sir: Your interesting and important leading article of 8 December omitted one crucial consideration in its examination of (and strictures on) the performance of the National......

Wrong Paper

Sir: The frequency with which Mr Auberon Waugh criticises, sneers at or just mentions the Sunday Times in his writing suggests that he is as much obsessed with the subject as......