Naughty Boy
Sir: Mr Glover (Media studies, 6 February) is fantasising again in suggesting that at any time I have had any conversation with any member of the Evening Standard staff about......
Degrees Of Crime
Sir: Michael Harrington is right (`The big- hearted killer', 1 February) to underplay Al Capon's gangsterism in Chicago in the 1 920s. He might have prayed in aid a quo- tation......
Zappa The Brave
Sir: Michael Henderson (Arts, 1 February) reveals his prejudices in his dismissal of Frank Zappa's contribution to 20th-century art. More's the pity, as he invokes Zappa in......
In Praise Of Oti
Sir: Christian Hesketh (Rugby, 8 February) was puzzled as to why the Twickenham crowd sang 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' as opposed to 'God Save the Queen' during the game. I will......
Sir: Stephen Glover Is Quite Wrong To Assume That I
regard the Evening Standard as 'somewhat below the salt'. On the con- trary, I am an enthusiastic reader of the Standard and an admirer of its distin- guished editor, Max......
Sir: For A Journal Which Believes In A Civili- Sation
grounded on the rule of law, which one assumes The Spectator does, what can be the motive for publishing an article enti- tled 'The big-hearted killer', subtitled 'trib- ute to......
Friendly Federalist
Sir: I am grateful to Sarah Whitebloom (Wet kiss for Al', 1 February) for record- ing my vain request to give the massed Conservative selectors in Kensington and Chelsea the......
Gut Loathing
Sir: Anne McElvoy incorrectly quoted me as having described David Mellor as 'a revolting little man' (`Spies, leaks, rows and lawyers' letters', 1 February). A rather grand......
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