Reclaiming Affray
Sir: I found the article on the loss of HMS Affray ('Affray in the Channel', 27 April) most interesting. I was the medical officer on HMS Reclaim — the deep-diving ship which......
Sir: We Are Pleased That Robert Karniol Of Jane's Defence
Weekly has reaffirmed his own published research that British troops were training Khmer guerrillas in Thailand (Letters, 11 May). Let's be clear — it is this that Derek Tonkin,......
On The Boards
Sir: Robin Harris has misunderstood (Let- ters, 4 May) the point I was making about Catholic social and political theories. I was not complaining that modern popes had failed to......
Parsons Knows
Sir: I wonder if I am alone in noticing the ubiquitous misuse of the word 'nubile'. Even in The Spectator I have seen it used as though it were synonymous with naked or......
Honeyed Words
Sir: A few weeks ago in the Diary (13 April), A. N. Wilson revealed that the new Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, is the brother of John Carey, the Merton Professor of......
Bad Endowments
Sir: I am afraid that Christopher Fildes (City and Suburban, 27 April) and Kate Mortimer (Letters, 4 May) have both missed the point about 'Best Advice' and Home Loans.......
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