17 MAY 2003, page 38

Churchill's Gift To Stalin

From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: Malcolm Rifkind, in urging Tony Blair to stand up to George Bush (That's enough grovelling, PM', 10 May), falls into the popular trap of......

Tea With The Sewells

From Professor John Holmes Sir: I only see The Spectator some weeks after publication, hence a slow response. However, I feel that I cannot let the remarks recently attributed......

Parallel Lines

From Dr Franz Metzger Sir: As historical parallels and comparisons seem much easier to find than Saddam's famous WMD, let me offer another one. Were one to look for slogans that......

The Auld Mesalliance

From Mr Alistair Home Sir: Is there no limit to the short-termism of the British media? I always thought that Simon Hefter knew everything; now I am left wondering what history......

Swedish Who?

From Mr Peter Fluck Sir: In his review of David Frum's book (Books, 3 May) on the Bush presidency, George Osborne lets slip that he shares Dubya's delusion that there is such a......

Low-flow California

From Lucinda Ben-David Sir: I live in northern California and can only say that I dream of having the sort of showers that Nell Butler imagines we have ('What a shower!', 10......