17 SEPTEMBER 1983, page 19

Crying Wolf?

Sir: Brian Sewell's article 'The tale of Anne Killigrew' (27 August) is full of sound and fury, but not of facts. The picture was offered under the private treaty arrange- ments......

Moles In Industry

Sir: Christopher Hitchens must be congratulated on his dexterity in writing an article on Trotskyists in industry (3 September) without ever dealing with the fact that they are......

Colespeak

Sir: I am amazed at the continued onslaught on John Cole's speech. I love it; it is so unlike our local brand of north Somerset dialect, which, void of consonants, slurps out in......

Wrong Anderson

l ast As Elizabeth Jennings so aptly wrote in l ast week's Spectator, 'Anyone who gains Pre stige or notoriety today is constantly questioned about the more persorAl parts of......

Frivolous Fancy

Sir: I wonder why the gifted Jeffrey Bernard has suddenly become a target for cruel attack? He does not set out, does he, to report facts? He doesn't expect us to believe him. I......

An Affront To Decency

S, ir: On reading Paul Johnson's comments p la the spectator (3 September) on Roald ahl's article about Israel which appeared in the LiterarY Review, I at once telephoned the......

How Did It Go Off Course?

Sir: Mr Nicholas von Hoffman and Mr Murray Sayle appear to disagree on how the , Pat h of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was determined (10 September). Mr Sayle says that the path......