27 JULY 1996, page 26

Unhelpful Indignity

Sir: Whether Nigel Farndale's description of me as an expert for the Daily Mail is meant as a compliment or an affront (Be a consti- tutional expert', 20 July) I guess I would......

El Vino Veritas Sir: Regarding Alexander Chancellor's...

July) claiming that the drink ran out at The Spectator party: El Vino took two cases of white and red wine back the day after our party. Furthermore, the El Vino manager was......

Broadsheet Tabloid

Sir: In his article criticising some of his fel- low journalists for being thin-skinned, (Media studies, 13 July) it seemed to me that, in an oblique and rather didactic way, Mr......

Horrible Stalls

Sir: Helen Anderson thinks I am bluffing (Letters, 20 July). Not so! Let anyone who doubts the sincerity of my claim to yearn for the front amphitheatre at the Royal Opera House......

Canonic High Life

Sir: It is at one's peril that one takes issue with 'the little Greek boy', yet I am sure Taki will not take umbrage at the correc- tion of a factual error in his rollicking......

Sensitive Citizens

Sir: Your correspondent Herr Lorenz (Let- ters, 20 July) does well to remind us of the sterling qualities of the citizens of Ham- burg. How sensitively they built the U-boats......

Sir: It Would Take An Inordinate Amount Of Space To

refute all the nonsense contained in Sarah Whitebloom's article, but one or two examples might give a flavour of how far off target she is. To sustain her claim that 90 per cent......