A Word To Waugh
Sir: Auberon Waugh complains 'that the excessive prosperity' of the working classes becomes them and that 'the parents make hideous noises and smells and the face of England is......
Flying Overdraft
Sir.—I would not wish to diminish the credit which 'A Spectator's Notebook' gives the the Observer for its consistent and reasoned opposition to Concord (sic Editor, Spectator).......
Social Services
Sir.—As a long-time devotee of The Spectator, I read your leader with great interest. As a horny-handed ex-cop (last case, murder on the high seas, penultimate one a E30,000......
Not So
Sir.—Is it not slightly odd for Quentin Crewe to write about: 'The violent English' and then to use as one of his examples Miss Lizzie Borden? That lady it will be recalled, by......
The New Learning
Sir.—Not another letter from Mr J. H. K. Lockhart (January 24)! I would hope by now that the least perspicacious of your regular readers are familiar with his views on the new......
21 Burton Street, Loughborough
Immigration Sir: In 1970 the Tory Party promised the country to halt massive immigration. In 1972, after Uganda, in response to massive public outcry Mr Carr promised that there......
Languages
Sir: In 'The decline of modern languages' (Spectator. January 24) Mr Lockhart correctly diagnoses the disease and offers some remedies. He does not answer the question: which......
Hardware
From the Rev Bernard T. Croft Sir: Please, what does "hardware" mean as used by Mr Logie Bruce Lockhart in his article (January 24) about the teaching of languages? ("Can handle......
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