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[sir: I Have Just Finished Mr Waugh's Article...]

The case for Reagan Sir: I have just finished Mr Waugh's article entitled 'The case for Reagan' (2 August). I am only 15 and am therefore not too clear on the rules and laws of......

The Simpson Affair

Letters I The Simpson affair Sir: Your reviewer, Mr Forbes, might have been good enough to read my book The Duchess of' Windsor, rather than quote a fellow journalist (2......

[sir: I Find Henry Fairlie's Comments On...]

Sir: I find Henry Fairlie's comments on Carter in his recent articles to be very perceptive and Auberon Waugh's article on Reagan and Carter extremely unperceptive (2 August). I......

[sir: I Enjoy Many Aspects Of Your Publica-...]

Sir: I enjoy many aspects of your publica- tion, not least the unfashionable views so often propounded. I buy the Spectator for its originality of thought and variety of......

After The Olympics

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Kenneth Tynan

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[sir: Many Thanks For Mr Auberon Waugh's...]

Sir: Many thanks for Mr Auberon Wau2h's article in your issue of 2 August. It lifted the fog of malice and irrational prejudice generated by Messrs Fairlie and von Hoffman. Mr......

[sir: I Have Exceedingly Admired The Writings...]

The case for Fairlie Sir: I have exceedingly admired the writings of Henry Fairlie for 30 years. I am glad that he still can recognise the abundant wisdom of John Midgley (2......