Sir: A. N. Wilson's Apologia ('why I Stay An Anglican',

20 July) amounts to his saying that, he will only accept what he finds intellectually satisfying. But that is not an act of faith; it is an affirmation of his own 10 — a rather......

Canadian Cowards

Sir: I must take exception to Christopher Hitchens's article on Canadians in the 3 August issue of your magazine. He has neglected to mention the most important failing of the......

Saved

Sir: With regard to your recent price increase, I am writing to thank you for saving me a considerable amount of money. My fiancée, who until now was most suitable, demanded to......

Letters Celestial Fiction

Sir: What point is John Martin Robinson trying to make (Letters, 17 August) by saying that Titian's painting of the Assumption ante-dates 1950? There are many pious legends, of......

Go By Coach?

Sir: We are pleased to see the Spectator recommend that its readers should no longer travel by rail (Leader, 10 August). Since most of the money needed to run the trains now......

Romanian Prisoners

Sir: The best-known Romanian political prisoner, Father Gheorghe Calciu- Dumitreasa, has now been allowed to emigrate, after 22 years in Communist jails and one extra year under......

Sheridan

Sir: Our local Historical Society recently visited the site of a Boer War battle at Modderfontein, Eastern Cape, where a commando under General Smuts routed a group of the 17th......