28 OCTOBER 2000, page 43

Henry And The Pope

From Mr David Foster Sir: Charles FitzGerald (Letters, 21 Octo- ber) says 'with respect' that Melanie Phillips seems ignorant of history in that our monarchs since Henry VIII......

Playing For Pinter

From Mr Sheridan Morley Sir: I'm not convinced that your regular critics should usurp readers' space here by bickering among themselves, but in honour of Pinter's 70th birthday......

High Irish Principle

From Mr Barry Cusack Sir: Mr Andrew Roberts (Letters, 7 Octo- ber) makes a ringing defence of Salisbury's stance on Irish Home Rule, but in doing so perpetrates, partly by......

From Mr Callum Fisken Sir: Hurrah For James Bartholomew's...

hitting piece on the dangers to civilisation of errant cyclists! This is just the sort of investigative reportage we demand from The Spectator. May I humbly suggest that he now......

Art Of The Confessional

From Mr Ross Wilson Sir: Mark Steyn and Taki are your best writ- ers because they are prepared to reveal their vulnerable sides. Their intense, almost baroque hatred of the......

Confessions Of A Cyclist

From Mr John van der Pas Sir: As one of those `horrible Europeans' who was born and raised in the Nether- lands and has thousands of bicycle miles under his belt, I may be......