21 MARCH 1998, page 31

Sir: The Tirade From Harold Evans Reminds Me Of The

description of an eminent Victo- rian politician as 'a sophistical rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of his own verbosity'. Should he write again, may I suggest that he......

Excremental

Sir: Your issue of 14 March contained two articles which struck me as singularly repugnant. In an open society people like the late Piero Manzoni (Arts) should be free to pre-......

Credit Where It's Due

Sir: Why was James Delingpole's otherwise highly favourable review of Our Mutual Friend (Arts, 14 March) so grudging in its conclusion? If 'morons and philistines' real- ly were......

Express Line

Sir: I sometimes grow a little weary over the continuing love affair of your 'Media studies' correspondent, Stephen Glover, with the Daily Mail. Certainly, it is a commercial......

The Boyne Sir: Your Persuasive Leading Article On Kosovo And

the Balkans (14 March) was besmirched by an error of fact. The river Boyne runs to the south of County Louth and is thus some way from Ulster, and I do not think even Dr Paisley......

Letters Short Answers

Sir: I was delighted to see that Harry Evans decided to drop his threat to sue The Spec- tator and accept its offer to print his letter (14 March) instead — even if it was......

More About Mark

Sir: I have given up waiting for someone else to respond to the fatuous letter about Mark Steyn (Letters, 21 February). For acuity, wit and sheer keyboard wizardry, there can be......

Sir: In Your Issue Of 29 November 1997, Your Reporter,

Toby Young, wrote an arti- cle about Harold Evans, erstwhile Sunday Times editor and now US publisher. Few of your readers, I imagine, can remember its contents. Not so Mr Evans......