9 NOVEMBER 2002, page 56

Shallow Patten

From Mr Herb Greer Sir: I was bemused (again) to read Chris Patten's views ('Commissioner Petain fights back', 2 November) on a) the Middle East and b) the chimerous thing......

From Professor A. Banoyee

Sir: Boris Johnson in his interview with Commissioner Patten perpetuates the common British misconception that American universities 'don't rely on state funding'. In fact, the......

Nannies Can Deceive

From Mr Stanley Brodie, QC Sir: Norman Scott (Letters, 2 November) may have been an excellent nanny to Jeremy Scott's baby 35 years ago, but that does not necessarily mean that......

His Holiness

From His Honour Malcolm Potter Sir: In the course of his page-long book review of A Moral Reckoning (Books, 2 November), which he uses as a pretext for yet another attack on the......

Eu Pipe Dreams

From Mr C. Francis Warren Sir: David Marsh (`The currency with a hole in it', 26 October) summarises the essence of his long article: 'Put simply, Britain would trade German......

Keep A Stiff Upper Lip

From Mr John Laurenson Sir: I am bewildered by a series of articles in The Spectator regarding the uncertain future of the Conservative party. Look at France and take heart.......