The Markov Mystery

Sir: In his interesting article 'Who (or what) was Georgi Markov?' (12 September) Mark Honigsbaum suggests that the motives for the assassination of Georgi Markov were the need......

Easily Deceived

Sir: In answer to A.E. Dale (Letters, 5 September), I had no real suspicion that my table at the Ecu de France was bugged, even though I knew that my home tele- phone number......

Opera Buffa

Sir: Martin Davidson, producer of the BBC documentary Maria Callas: A Big Destiny, claims (Letters, 15 August) that my con- tention that it was full of inaccuracies 'sim- ply......

Dickens And Slavery

Sir: I much appreciated most of Jonathan Sumption's review of Vol. X of The Letters of Charles Dickens of which I was editor (Books, 5 September); but I must bring up one point,......

Just Like Charles?

Sir: Lewis Jones's comparison of the morn- ing after the death of Queen Astrid with the morning after the death of Princess Diana (`Just like Diana', 5 September), is......

Sad Reader

Sir: Much as I admire and enjoy your maga- zine, I can't help feeling sad for Alexander Rae of Nottingham who claims (Letters, 12 September) that reading The Spectator is the......