18 SEPTEMBER 1993, page 27

Bats Where They Belong

Sir: Max Hastings is correct to draw atten- tion to the profligate manner in which the RSPCA spends money given to them for worthier purposes (Diary, 7 August). A short while......

Letters Hunt Sabotaged

Sir: Catching up, on my return from holi- day, on the back issues of The Spectator, I read with interest Simon Heffer's article on David Hunt (Politics, 14 August). I can tes-......

A Taste For Parrots

Sir: From observation from 8,000 miles away, I think that Roderick Smart is doing a good job (`Cutting the old school tie', 21 August). My impression is that the Oxford and......

Handbagged

Sir: Martin Vander Weyer (`The indignity of elder statesmanship', 11 September) claims it is 'no secret' the Sunday Times sent back the first draft of Margaret Thatcher's......

Fell Sergeant

Sir: In common with other UK subscribers on this side of the Atlantic, I hugely enjoy reading Mr Waugh's eccentric and, one has always assumed, largely fictitious accounts of......