9 JULY 1977, page 18

Democracy And Europe

Sir: Ian Davidson, in last week's article on Labour and the Common Market, refers to my assertion that electing a European Assembly does not necessarily make it democratic, but......

Positive Thinking

Sir: I hope it is not churlish of me to dispute some of Christopher Booker's statements in his kind mention of my book Fight Blight (4 June) but I feel that his negative view of......

Language And Politics

Sir: 'Contrary to what most Victorians feared, the coming of democracy has brought into public usage not the language of the people, which was at least vigorous, but the......

Alwrong

Sir: I enjoy the Spectator, not only for its content, but also for its generally high standard of English. I was, therefore, appalled to read in Notebook (2 July) that George......

Enoch In Oppositeland

Sir: I am grateful to you and to Mr Levy for carrying further and with greater authority (2 July) some of the impressions in my Times article. I am only puzzled that Mr Levy,......

Iron In Spinach

Sir: In a recent article (18 June) spinach is given undeserved nutritional eminence, although, since the facts have never been widely publicised, the author can be excused. For......

Information Please

Sir: I am engaged in writing a biography of Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945) for Quartet, London. I would be particularly interested in hearing from his contemporaries at......