Letters Justice And War Crimes

Sir: Jo Grimond's comments on the War Crimes Bill (Diary, 9 June) are quite shocking and his special pleading on behalf of the alleged war criminals is totally misplaced. He......

Vincent Maligned

Sir: I can only suppose that Paul Johnson was chosen to review the current crop of books on Vincent van Gogh (Books, 9 June) in order to irritate anyone who has either studied......

Sir: Your Comments On The 'injustice' Of Bringing...

criminals to court are very depressing (Leading article, 2 June). The assumption behind them is that British justice is quite incapable of coping with the kind of difficulties......

Siberian Error

Sir: Geographically astute readers of my article in The Spectator (26 May) will no doubt be aware that Lake Baikal is not located in Ukraine, despite a mischievous copy taster's......

Percy Poofter

Sir: I am puzzled at the paucity of know- ledge of the use of the word 'poofter'. I first heard it in 1922 when my elder brother returned from his first trip to Australia as......

Layabouts

Sir: James Wallis (Letters, 26 May) sug- gests that the switch of the 'High Life' and 'Low life' titles be made permanent. But surely Taki and Bernard are both working the same......

Burnham Wood

Sir: I see from my map that there is a place called Burnham not far from London on the M4. Now it really would be a long way from there to Dunsinane, further I think than......