15 OCTOBER 1977, page 19

Sir: Bravo, John Mcewen. Never Have I Read An Article

in the Spectator with so much relish and deep enjoyment — it was like a blast of clean fresh air entering a putrid atmosphere — as his on Hamilton Finlay and his band of......

Sir: Here Lies (and Lies) The Lout Mcewen.

Scotland's EXPORT, England's ruin. Ian Hamilton Finlay Wild Hawthorn Press, Stonypath, Dunsyre, Lana*......

Bragg The Broadcaster

Sir: Ah well, after a television-free summer, back to work and back to the saga of Richard Ingrams's continuing obsession With everything I do on television. Flattery indeed!......

Tonic Water

Sir: With reference to the article (8 October) about Mr Morarji Desai's routine of drinking his own urine every morning, I would like to point out that this is a very anFient......

Sir Eric Miller

Sir: Though the Spectator may see most of the game, I am unable to account for the omission by Mr Patrick Marnham in his article Doing the decent thing (1 October) of the church......

The Two Who Made It

Sir: I trust Nicholas Davenport will not be annoyed, if I remind him, Peter Jay and James Callaghan that Moses did not lead the Children of Israel into the Promised Land. On the......

Gattingen University

Sir: My attention has been drawn to an article in the Spectator of 13 August by Mr George Gale, entitled Their imperial Excellencies. In this he makes a number of observations......

Inquiry

Sir: Why is Mr Waugh's column called 'Another Voice' when it is always the same voice, moreover usually saying the same thing? Julia Wheatoroft 35, Nassington Road, London NW3......