Mr Powell No Racist
Sir: Conor Cruise O'Brien writes of Enoch Powell: (Books, 16 December) I take him to be a racist in the . . . sense of a person who does not like to have to associ- ate, on a......
Sir: It Is Always Easy To Be Unpleasant About Other
people, especially relations whose confidence one enjoys. Is this because it is possible to derive a feeling of superiority from doing so or is it to bolster a sense of......
Wrong Club
Sir: In your issue of 23/30 December 1989 you carry a letter headed 'Muslim threats'. This is signed by 13 signatories, of whom I am one, and gives the impression I am a member......
On The Contrary
Sir: In a piece called 'Blessings and blasts' (6 January) I quoted from a poem by George Herbert. But I did not say 'it would be impossible, I hope, to introduce that poem to......
Hideous Complaints
Sir: Alan Watkins' personal allergies are surely not worthy of a generous half- column in The Spectator (Diary, 16 De- cember) unless they were ordained to be the opportunity......
Full House
Sir: David Hancock asked (Letters, 23/30 December), 'What is the highest propor- tion of Spectator subscribers in any one building?' (Out of six flats in his building, three......
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