Sir: Courageous The Italian Littorio (not Littori)...
been in Spain (Letters, 17 February); but where did that get them? Together with the other military units sent by Mussolini to fight for Franco, they were responsible, at the......
Sydney Smith Association
Sir: Such has been the response to the vari- ous Sydney Smith events held during this year to commemorate the 150th anniver- sary of his death that we have been encour- aged to......
Spare The Visual Arts
Sir: It must be difficult for many of your readers to put up with Paul Johnson on any subject at all, and it would be sad if there were many who could find him harmless good......
Italia Ancora
Sir: The gist, surely, of Petronella Wyatt's amusing article (Furthermore, 10 Febru- ary) is that the point of the Italians is their machismo — not in my opinion a very cred-......
In Error Sir: The Pa News Gallery Staff A The
House of Commons were as astonished as I was to read Simon Hoggart's article, 'The silent Chamber' (10 February). The Press Association has been reporting the proceedings of......
Distinctive Style Sir: What On Earth Is David Starkey...
at (Diary, 10 February)? He still insists on putting words into my mouth. Obviously, he considers the puerile remark he invented — likening all those who took part in a trib-......
Sir: Legend Has It That When Marching Across Lombardy The
Grande Ann& was held up yet again by an improvised road- block, Napoleon shouted angrily at an old Italian peasant standing nearby, `Voialtri italiani siete tutti briganti!' To......
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