7 JUNE 1980, page 15

The Reagan Revival

Letters moommow The Reagan revival Sir: The eloquent prose Mr Fairlie employs (24 May) to describe his stunning, although distorted, vision of contemporary America would be......

Pentecostal Spirits

Pentecostal spirits Sir: Roy Kerridge's article ('Pentecost at Butlin's, 31 May) was very thoughtprovoking. I have recently become very aware of the Catholic Charismatic......

Impressionable

Impressionable Sir: Jeffrey Bernard writes (24 May) that Joan the barmaid 'makes a delightful picture standing against a row of bottles that puts me in mind of a Renoir.' If he......

Wisden Doubted

Wisden doubted Sir: I agree with your reviewer Benny Green (24 May) that the Wisden obituaries are 'one of the glories of sporting literature', and like him I too wish that they......

Joke

Joke Sir: The letter I addressed to you (31 May) in answer to that of Mrs Ian Fleming dealt faithfully and wittily with all the points she made. The letter you published was......

Unique Quality

Unique quality Sir: It matters not that your television critic is seldom capable of sensible judgment; it matters not that his jaundiced diatribes, aimed at people possessing......

Fantastic Africa

Fantastic Africa Sir: I feel compelled, in turn, to comment on Andrew Knight's criticism (Letters, 31 May) of your extract from Fantastic Invasion by Patrick Marnham. Contrary......

Who Is Diminished?

Who is diminished? Sir: Richard West recently referred in your Columns to the King Charles's head school of journalists, but he loyally refrained from Citing among his examples......

Worldly Advice

Worldly advice Sir: It is a pity that A.N. Wilson did not give to his reading of my review of his novel the same care that I gave to the reading of the novel itself (Letters, 31......