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Terminal Disease

From The Duke of Devonshire Sir: I cannot let Allister Heath’s throwaway ‘putting to one side the legendary rudeness of US immigration officials’ (‘300,000 Frenchmen can’t be......

Grassroots Taken For Granted

From Beryl M. Goldsmith, OBE Sir: Charles Moore, perceptive as ever, is right (The Spectator’s Notes, 25 March). The Conservative party in recent years has been far too casual......

Use Aid As A Weapon

From Laurence Kelvin Sir: According to Irwin Stelzer, it would be in the long-term interest of the Palestinians if aid were reduced and eventually cut off altogether (‘The......

How High Was Mary?

From Lady Antonia Fraser Sir: We cannot know for sure the height of Mary Queen of Scots unless her skeleton were to be exhumed from its wonderful white marble tomb in......