29 NOVEMBER 1997, page 36

Pass The Mustard

Sir: I bow to Frank Johnson's considerable knowledge of grand opera, but I regret that he doesn't know his Gilbert and Sullivan (Shared opinion, 22 November). It was Sir William......

Good Soldier Clark

Sir: I am a little bit alarmed by Byron Rogers's review of my memoir, Younger Brother, Younger Son (Books, 22 Novem- ber). I was really just trying to be `a good soldier', like......

Ft, No Comment Sir: I Share Bruce Anderson's Opinion That

Britain will do better without the euro, but not his whole-hearted admiration for the golden age of liberal Financial Times edi- tors (Politics, 15 November). During those......

We Were Amusing

Sir: Reading Rory Bremner's story about the Queen and Terry Wogan (Diary, 15 November), I felt that I should leap to the defence of 'the greatest living Irishman'. As anyone who......

Insulting Language

Sir: Whenever my eye has fallen upon Peter Jones's column 'Ancient & modern', I have felt about him what Sydney Smith felt about Macaulay when he said, 'I wish I felt as certain......

Fair Comment

Sir: In The Spectator of 1 November, I wrote that Robert Jackson had 'made an extraordinary intervention' in the Com- mons in inviting Gordon Brown to repudi- ate his pledge on......

Iron Chancellor

Sir: Brian Crozier makes a superficially good point about Messina (Letters, 15 November) in that it is difficult to influence events if you stay out of things, but this......