15 MAY 2004, page 35

Subsidising The Blacks

From Charlie Methven Sir: In last week's Diary, Stuart Reid became the latest of several Spectator journalists to write, as yet unchallenged, in support of Lord Black. 'Black......

Proper Muslims

From Stephen Schwartz Sir: Rod Liddle. in his dismissal of the serious concerns shared by many Muslims, as well as by Christians and Jews, about extreme Islamist advocacy in......

Anyone For Nepotism?

From J.P.G. Weston Sir: Peter °borne nods (Politics, 8 May). The late Duke of Devonshire was Lady Dorothy Macmillan's nephew, so the prime minister was his uncle, not his......

Tesco Ilber Alles

From David A.J. Upton Sir: In her strong plug for Britain's most aggressive supermarket chain (`The Triumph of Tesco', 1 May), Deborah Ross has got it right in one respect: that......