Stalin's Bombing
Sir: The bombing of Dresden was certainly a strategic imperative as Mr Caldwell states (Letters, 30 July). But it was neither Eisen- hower, nor Harris, nor Churchill who origi-......
Not Waving But Hurrahing
Sir: I agree entirely, as I generally do, with all Nigel Nicolson has to say on music and noise (Arts, 16 July), but when he said that no Englishman has shouted 'hurrah' for the......
Decline Of Civilisation
Sir: While grateful for Rupert Chris- tiansen's timely interview with the Con- troller of Radio Three (Arts, 23 July), I rather wish he had challenged Nicholas Kenyon's......
Castled
Sir: Thank you for detailing Lord Rennell's 3...Nxe4? when playing the Petroff Defence in The Spectator chess match between the House of Lords and the House of Com- mons (Chess,......
Simply Rude
Sir: Could the normally robust Richard Lit- tlejohn be turning into an over-sensitive luwie now he is now on local television? As the 'young man in the corduroy suit' `You'll be......
Life Of Bryant
Sir: The posthumous rehabilitation of that loosely associated group of largely Bald- winesque Conservatives, who were not fas- cist fellow-travellers but English patriots......
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