24 DECEMBER 1988, page 55

Do Not Be Put Off

Sir: Please do not be put off (Another voice, 29 October) by Mr Neal Ascherson's low regard for The Spectator, and its value to those who live abroad (Observer, 23 October). For......

Letters

Distant voices Sir: I know it is difficult for Spectator columnists to welcome change, particularly where this occurs in an institution with colonial associations. Even so,......

Out Of His Skull

Sir: In his interesting article on 'out-of- body' experiences (Spectator, 10 Decem- ber) Myles Harris did not tell us how easy it is to induce this sensation for yourself. In......

Charlatan's Art

Sir: Mr John McEwen may prefer the epithet crook to charlatan but it is as charlatans that writers on modern art are derided in 'Another voice' (8 October). Surely also it is......

Grubby Politics

Sir: They say one can judge a country by its political scandals and its dustbins. Who would have thought that school meals have both? Alexandra Artley's article on school meals......

Sir: On The Night Of 24 November I Heard A

plum example of the awfulness which is now afflicting the World Service. Halfway through the Newshour programme was a 'story' about Russian cosmonauts taking a new recording of......