23 MAY 1998, page 28

. . . More German

Sir: My attention has been drawn to Michael Tanner's review of Scottish Opera's Ariadne auf Naxos (Arts, 28 March), in which he complains of 'one or two poor German accents,......

Ironic Lesson

Sir: In your article 'The Archbishop calls on Max' (16 May), you report that the Arch- bishop of Canterbury met with Mr Max Clifford. This is incorrect. We were sur- prised that......

Letters Mandelson On Truth

Sir: Not for the first time in the Spectator, Stephen Glover has made an allegation about me (Media studies, 16 May) which he could not substantiate because it is totally......

Boris Good Enough

Sir: Has Boris Johnson got news for us ( 41 was stitched up', 2 May)? Twenty years ago, disappointed to read in the New Statesman that the plausible etymologies in Call MY Bluff......

Aitken And Truth

Sir: Jonathan Aitken is accused of lying under oath in court — a serious matter. He is further accused of persuading his daugh- ter to do the same — more serious still. Not so,......

Sir: I Do Not Always Agree With Paul John- Son,

but I do go along with his arguments in the RusbridgerfFayed versus Aitken affair. Jonathan Aitken has already paid a high price, in his personal life and fortune, for his libel......

A Strong Team .

Sir: May I make one comment, of a number I could make, on Edward Heathcoat Amory's article 'The end of the supermar- ket queue' (16 May)? I do not believe a large retail......

Less German . . .

Sir: Unskyll, Herr von Billow! Like Hamlet I 'took you for your better', supposing you to be 'more an antique Prussian than a Dane' (Letters, 2 May). The von Billows have long......