More Music, Less Noise
From Sally Alderson Sir: Bravo, Stephen Pettitt — I couldn't agree more about showmen pianists (Arts, 17 January). I watched both Lang Lang and Kissin lead the Verbier Festival......
Front-line Feminists
From Irene Coates Sir: In your edition of 17 January there is a patently ridiculous article by Ross Clark CV is for victory — and for vagina'). Whatever is the female version of......
From Peter Toynbee Sir: I Hold No Brief For Ms
Hendessi, but must protest at Ross Clark's comments. To say that 'many women's pressure groups were vociferous in their opposition to war in Iraq, and by implication would......
English Explosions
From Philip Hensher Sir: Is Mr le Vay entirely confident, in criticising Lynne Truss, that he understands how English works (Letters, 24 January)? He objects to her use of the......
From Roger Chesneau
Sir: Mr le Vay, should that not be Brewer'ses at dawn? Or perhaps Brewerses'? Or is only one copy of the book to be used in the duel, to be split between the participants? And......
Enough Sycophancy
From Rodney Milne Sir: No doubt you thought it politic to publish that fawning article about Conrad and Barbara Black, erstwhile owners of The Spectator (`The ballad of Connie......
Our Hemiocentenary
From Tom Livingston Sir: While I am able to hazard a guess at the meaning of `hemiocentenary', as used by Geoffrey Wheatcroft ('End of the Etonians - , 17 January), it is hard......
Wonderful Cones?
From Sarah Leyland Sir: I am not normally a very sympathetic person, but I did feel sorry for Anthony Horowitz's poor children, doomed to play with traditional wooden tops and......
Foot Trick
From Professor Nigel Jones Sir: An amusing trick for bored readers: rotate your right foot in a clockwise direction, and then, while rotating, draw the number six in the air......
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