Palestine Regained
From Mr Frederic Lamond Sir: Mark Steyn (People who hate people', 6 October) is wrong to equate an intelligent search for the root causes of the virulent hatred that so many......
Second-rate Speechifying
From The Revd David Mason, OBE Sir: You claim in your leading article (13 October) that Tony Blair is good with words. Yet, for me, it is precisely his oratory that puts me off.......
Tina, Harry And Stephen
From Judy Bachrach Sir: It was with some incredulity that I read Stephen Glover's review (Media studies, 6 October) of my book, Tina and Ilany Come to America, particularly the......
If My Book Isn't Being Published In Britain (and As
of this writing it is not), it is because of the sorry British habit of threatening libel writs — a penchant Harry Evans has acquired, as The Spectator must know. Nonetheless,......
For Emperor And Country
From Mr Jonathan Mirsky Sir: John Keegan (Diary, 6 October) implies that Muslim terrorists are unique in 'killing themselves so as to kill others'. Not even the Mongols did......
Poppycock
From Dr Ian Verner Sir: I am afraid that Michael Vestey (Arts, 6 October) will be disappointed if he attempts to experience the perilous pleasures of opium by dissolving poppy......
Our Friends In Iberia
From Alexandre Bunnester Sir: For some reason, in your introduction to lain Duncan Smith's article ('Why we must stick by America', 29 September) you refer to America as 'our......
Terrorist Get-together
From Mr Peter Fullerton Sir: Peter Hitchens brother, where art thou?', 13 October) is right to point out that the 'war' on terrorism does not include the IRA on the list of......
Search For Pipers
From Mr Ian A. C. Dejardin Sir: In 2003 Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Ashmolean Museum are celebrating the centenary of John Piper's birth with an exhibition of the best of......
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