Al-bashir’s Immunity
From Ralph Blumenau Sir: Peter Oborne’s powerful piece about the ethnic cleansing in Darfur and eastern Chad (‘Darfur’s terrible export’, 10 June) has only one strange omission.......
The Loss Of Catto
From James P. Carley Sir: In his piece ‘A don who embodies the idea of a university’ (10 June) Alan Duncan did a brilliant job of evoking Jeremy Catto, a man whose career is......
Amnesty And Abortion
From Jonathan Bailey Sir: What an excellent article by Simon Caldwell (‘Amnesty could kill itself’, 27 May) pointing out the profound folly of Amnesty International’s rapidly......
Different Standards
From E.W. Huck Sir: Charles Moore (The Spectator’s Notes, 27 May) reported on the debate in which Members of Parliament discussed their own salaries and complained that they......
French Feet
From David Watkins Sir: A large part of the difficulty in estimating the heights of historical figures (And another thing, 10 June) arises from ignorance of the fact that pieds......
Outlasting The Ladies
From S.C. Chafe Sir: I sympathise with Matthew Parris’s selfdeprecating complaint about groups of women dining: the noise, the babbling and the enthusiastic shrieking (Another......
Neration In View Of The Ethical Code Which Parliament Has
imposed on local authorities, a central feature of which is the requirement to avoid any possible conflict of interest. Elected members of local authorities must declare a......
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