30 DECEMBER 1995, page 23

Sir: The Letter From Mr Edward Chancellor (letters, 16/23...

explaining how the Duke of Norfolk knew the name Chan- cellor is one of the most deeply absorbing communications ever to have appeared in the pages of The Spectator. May we now,......

A Nazi Rumour

Sir: May I submit a belated, and perhaps irresponsible, footnote to Kevin Myers' article in your issue of 18 November (Dublin remembers too') concerning Ire- land and the second......

An Honest Answer

Sir: 'This week ' you say in your leader (16/23 December) more so than ever, it will be asked whether the problems submit- ted to Miss Killen are real.' What I have always......

The Ascent Of Man

Sir: Miss von Bnlow (In defence of the American woman', 9 December) should not despair entirely. There remain a few of us American men who, despite having learned to change......

Dukes Are Wonderful

Sir: Alexander Chancellor (Diary, 9 December) reports the polite and helpful responses given to him by a variety of dukes. Suspicious and cynical readers may wonder whether this......

Sir: Could I Use Your Pages To Ask Alexander Chancellor

from one middle-class self- employed to another, how one gets a Diary in The Spectator? I seem to have all the required qualifications — except the scanner. Robert V Israel......

Inspired By A King

Sir: Pace Petronella Wyatt ('What's wrong with being unhappy?', 2 December), the expressed aspiration of the Princess of Wales `to be a queen in people's hearts' is not......