20 SEPTEMBER 1997, page 32

In Praise Of Edinburgh

Sir: Andrew Neil's article (`The other Edin- burgh', 23 August) says more about the author than it does about its subject. His perception of Edinburgh sits in stark contrast to......

A Little Learning

Sir: Peter Jones's powerful excoriation of the administration system by which our uni- versities are now run ('Why I'm off, 13 September) does not tell the whole story. LETTERS......

A Doctor Writes

Sir: The Middlesex Hospital Medical School trained my grandfather, my father, two uncles, two cousins and myself. Mr J. Bernard was a patient in the Mid- dlesex Hospital many......

Letters I Mourn Jeff More

Sir: It was just Jeffrey Bernard's luck to die at the same time as Princess Diana, as everyone has said; but it was also strangely fitting. He was an unhappy bad boy made......

Quote Unquote

Sir: Before you are showered with letters from erudite Spectator readers, I must con- fess to falling below the rigorous intellectu- al standards of your magazine. I am afraid......

Through A Glass Darkly

Sir: Michael Portal() is so enchanted by the precision with which the Bayreuth Festival is run that he swallows a complete 'rip-off' with touching naivety. 'Champagne, in 100 cc......