Rodgers And Wilder

Sir: Benny Green's article (24 January) on the death of Alec Wilder-which incidentally occurred last month, not 'last week' inspired in me a sense of deja vu; I seemed to have......

Ignorant And Boorish

Sir: Mr Phillip Hodson (Letters, 17 January) is of course entitled to defend his paper but his effort does not say much for his judgment. His comment on the BBC World Service is......

By Numbers

Sir: Mr Paul Johnson's 'Quantity not quality' (24 January) is informative because it passes Hume's test (which appears to be becoming yours also, I am glad to see) and avoids......

Sassoon Remembered

Sir: I was delighted to read Rupert HartDavis's retort (24 January) to Simon Raven's criticism of Siegfried Sassoon's post-war character. I agree wholeheartedly with Hart-Davis.......

Hold The Front Page?

Sir: In protest at your new cover I shall next week deny myself the pleasure of purchasing and reading the Spectator. If other readers who are unhappy with it will do likewise,......

Unfriendly

Sir: I would like to echo Mr Courtauld's complaints about the Royal Opera House (Notebook, 17 January). Not only is it a near-impossibility to obtain seats without being a......

Schoenberg: Another View

Sir: Daniel Johnson's letters are getting longer (3 January), mine shorter. 1945 was his date, not mine, while the facts are mine, not his: without compunction, he continues......