Abba's Accent
From Dr Raphael Eban Sir: May I correct, for the record, two factual errors in Dr Schama's review of Abba Eban's My Country (March 10)? The accent is not " . . . in fact,......
Spoleto Sculpture
Sir: I was, to say the least, horrified by the malicious article that your ' Will Waspe ' penned against me which you have published in your paper on February 17. Its innuendoes......
Ivy League Blacks
Sir: A decade ago, I roomed next to three black Harvard freshmen. Al Capp's 'Blacks at Harvard ' piece reminded me of the real problems these guys faced at a time when......
No Fraud
Sir: It would be nice if the anonymous writer, who pronounced in 'A Spectator's Notebook' (February 17) that Gilbert Murray exercised fraudulent telepathy, had done his......
Old Score
Sir: Benny Green hasn't necessarily caught Evelyn Waugh in an error in Scoop when he describes a game of ping pong in which the method of scoring was as in lawn tennis. When......
Waugh Bash
Sir: If Mr Auberon Waugh really thinks that either Wuthering Heights or The Brothers Karamazov would be a better novel without the dreams, he must be a bigger fool than I think......
Oxford Life
Sir: I hope Mercurius Oxoniensis will accept the thanks of an undergraduate for his forthright statement of the events which have disturbed Oxford life this term. The Student......
Industrial Relations
Sir: Much of the blame for the current industrial unrest lies on the shoulders of the Prime Minister, who has clearly shown himself to be the enemy of ordinary,......
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