27 SEPTEMBER 2003, page 40

A Job That Stinks

From Ralph Cutting Sir: How about this for Job of the Year? Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership (LEEP) advertised the following vacancy (Opportunities — the Public......

Islam And Human Rights

From Bruce Henderson Sir: Charles Moore (Politics, 13 September) has chosen his subject well, although rather than fearing the religion in question, I think wariness, alertness......

Saints Needed Now

From Apratim Ray Sir: Anne Sebba (`Go straight to Heaven', 20 September) calls Mother Teresa Calcutta's best brand without explaining why. In so far as brand is meant to create......

Kipling And The Bloornsbenies

From Richard Shone Sir; I look at any mention of the word 'Bloomsbury' with suspicion, especially in The Spectator. Paul Johnson attributes the savaging of Kipling's reputation......

Young Fogeys Are Flourishing

From Peter Williams Sir: Harry Mount is wrong to mourn the passing of the young fogeys (`The Young Fogey: an elegy', 13 September). We are very much alive, but far too reserved......