Anodyne Inc.
By SIMON RAVEN THERE are times when I think that television, on whatever channel, is being used neither to entertain nor to educate nor to in- form, but solely to re- assure. On......
More Than Their Due?
THE first sign of boredom in Bouvard and Pecuchet after their first great burst A scholarly colleague to whom I exclaimed about the night's tameness as compared with the grip......
Sir,—you See An Irony In Senator Goldwater Being...
the party of Jefferson and Lincoln' (Portrait of the Week, July 17). In linking the present Republican Party with Jefferson you ignore the fact that the Democratic Party also......
Sir,—as I Read It, Mrs. Atherley's Letter Was Not A
condonation of the brutalities of apartheid as it is now being practised but for the principle behind the word which may be expressed as the separate develop- ment compatible......
Sir, Your Short Comment On My Complaint To The Press
Council omits its substance and is inaccurate. As you well know, and as the Council's own com- munique makes clear, my complaint was not that you refused to publish my 'long......
Holy Warfare
SIR,—Mr. Hensman's 'facts' are by no means clear. It is certain that the so-called 'mass vestments' were legal in the Church of England under the first English Prayer Book of......
English Crossword
SIR.—Crossword No. 1127. Clue : 'This nobleman is not late, but why not?' Answer: (presumably) Earl(y). W'y, oh w'y can't you southerners harticulate your haspirates w'ere they......
Bed-sitter-land
SIR,—We would like to take this opportunity of thanking the many readers of the Spectator who provided data for a special study—the first-ever- of the lives of people who reside......
Aztecs And Incas Sia,—whatever The Literary Merits Or...
your theatre critic, Mr. Rutherford, accuracy does not seem to be his strong point. I suggest he check for himself that the Aztec Empire (overthrown by Cortes) was the Indian......
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