8 AUGUST 1998, page 24

[sir: I Have Only Just Had The Pleasure Of...]

Sir: I have only just had the pleasure of I reading your 4 July issue, but I am horrified that Mr Vines should fear that I might feel patronised by the translation of your Latin......

[sir: If Heavyweights Like The Financial...]

Verb. sap. Sir: If heavyweights like the Financial I Times and the International Herald Tribune automatically translate US dollars into sterling and vice versa, a fortiori The......

Roads To Rome

Roads to Rome Sir: In his interesting article ('Only better than Hanover', 4 July), Mark Honigsbaum suggests a very complex and circuitous route from Paris to Rome via the......

Internet Oasis

Internet oasis Sir: Quite what the founders of The Spectator would have made of my 'logging on' to your new Internet site and 'downloading' the contents of their fine creation,......

Rough Diamonds

Rough diamonds Sir: While I agree that in the instance of Sierra Leone lives were saved, I feel that William Shawcross's enthusiasm for the employment of so-called 'mercenaries'......

Lethal Practice

L E T T E R S Lethal practice Sir: The principles espoused by Alan Duncan are laudable ('I refuse to lead a lynch mob', 25 July). We are unable to find any lynch mob, only......