5 MAY 2007, page 28

Strange Kind Of Love

Sir: Liam Byrne’s breathless panegyric (‘Rise up, Englishmen’, 28 April) on the glories of being British must have left some of us pretty punch drunk. This is a man who eagerly......

Islam’s Advancing Strength

Sir: I thank Matthew Parris (Another voice, 28 April) for his courteous response to my article (‘Why there will be no future Pax Americana’, 14 April). However, Mr Parris......

No History Of Holocausts?

Sir: I’m sure the indigenous peoples of North America would have something to say about your correspondent Katherine Barlow’s assertion that Americans ‘don’t do holocausts’......

Harry Must Not Fight

Sir: Allow me, a Frenchman, to express my astonishment and my concern at the thought that the British army could send a royal prince to the front in Iraq. He will immediately be......

The Eu Elephant

Sir: Rod Liddle (‘A normal trip with Worst Late Western’, 28 April) wondered why John Major’s government, in the shape of Michael Heseltine, privatised the railways. It was the......

Parental Professions

Sir: Charles Moore is right about the jokes made regarding the jobs that other people’s parents do (The Spectator’s Notes, 28 April). My father was a professional musician who......

Rich And Paw

Sir: In last week’s Style & Travel section, Victoria Mather gets socially airborne about dog names and breeds. She says dukes have labradors called Purdey, while dustmen have......