24 SEPTEMBER 2005, page 22

Beholden To Mayor Ken

From Lindsay Jenkins Sir: David Williams (Letters, 17 September) pointed out that David Cameron’s mayor-appointed police chiefs would allow Ken Livingstone to appoint the......

From Douglas Carswell Mp

Sir: What’s wrong with an elected mayor appointing police chiefs? Crime has fallen in New York over the past decade precisely because former mayor Rudy Giuliani directly......

Restoration Dramas

From Michael Daley Sir: Sarah Walden gives no indication of why or on what grounds an unnamed trustee of the National Gallery reproached her for recently publishing letters......

Boat Mystery Deepens

From Colonel the Hon. Alastair Campbell Sir: I am fortunate that my wife forwards her copy of The Spectator to me in Baghdad to provide some hours of pleasure amid the dismal......

Blair’s Sporting Life

From Ashley Duthie Sir: I trust that Peter Oborne is aware that Fettes is a rugby school (Politics, 17 September). It is not only Mr Blair’s cricket background that has been......

When Author Turns Critic

From Barbara Hooper Sir: I can match Graham Lord’s experience at the hands of Trevor Grove (Letters, 17 September). When my book about Laurie Lee appeared (not authorised, but......