SPEdI' OR T he Spictator 5 I )oDoghty Strccl. ILondonl W( I N 21.1 I Itlcphonc: 071-405 I 706), I Tcx 27 1 24: IFKx 071 -242 0603 THEY ARE ALL GUILTY As 1.;i LIoclitdomcatld...

P O L I TI C S Mr Smith makes a bold move to end the one-party state S I M ON H EFFE R U ntil thle other day, little 11bOLut tile campaign for the La-lbouLr leadership had...

ANOTHER VOICE_ Would you rather your house burnt down, or that your daughter married a black man?' CHA R LES M OO R E S tudying the react ion ol Ancerica to tile riots in Los...

LCnd mliC your Cears '1'11 B3ATT'IFI1 of' tlc hainks Il oyds F iglhting H Iongkong or Midland ird is becomiring t he war oI' tflhc Iril lators' Car. I obhhyists arc he i rig...

CITY AND SUBURBAN ____ New money for Lloyd's, and new ideas - they sound rather like mine CH RI STOP HER FI LD ES It haippened it I nzpC naill (hleical Iuliis- trics, it...

CUlght in the tircamlines (,RI ' NIMAN Y'S (TittI1it l tV, hot l'or tic u1'st tinc, is Norimian I amion1t's oppiort un ity. At tilh spect aclc ot 1 rains wit th U 'ir str'iken'...

Tremble at the knock I N A I'l l( )IJ( i l lUI. leading article, the p/Il/Ip/Ii' ( /lYollic(/ poilnts o01t the danger that income tax represents to a ('onservativc goveiiinimt....

LE TTERS Appalled otISWI ISir: I Ilvinig read your lcader, 'Cisis, what crisis'? (25 April), I rcal Ily canii not decide wlhetheCr it is yOi iu r1 -a'rgIIICe or your igllnra...

Bombs awcay Sir: I mliust disagree with tl1 scnuli'icints displLVCye by Andrewv R.ohl rts ( I acts not lic hCStIlv to thc BldonihLr, 25 April). Mr Robecr-ts has clloscl an eams...

Sir: TIo CIlalim that all non-human11,111ititarian aid to Afrinca sIMoUl d hC sto )J)Cd illorcsCs wh at is happC gling all OVCr- t(lie COItiltcin t. Fmi livll, stanida rds in/...

Sir: I'roICss)r P;artridcge of tile U i)rversitv of I I xc'tcr is i.l ;i\c c'u(ul'clllc(l ;it JOhI Pattell's hu\'lc (I Cttcis. 2 Mav) inI statimiii that 'sc i en ti 'fic...

Credibility Corner Si: Io poillt III) his own higih rcg'ird for I facts. Alkn Watkins (I)i'arv, 2 May) clailais that the 1313W press handout aihouit llv priogramm1e1iC Oi...

JesLiticall Sir W'i1ilaill O)ddic implics thill di dd vcirv littie to Chialn9C t C, Converts Ail Societv "'hcI'e I wvorked Ior it (IL.tters, I April). 1he pe rsoial a ttack...

Sir: I do not h5clicvc A1.ii Watkins' stole | ahloult Mrs Tha~tcher, Moscs and( tl. tahlerts (I)iairy 2 M2 ayff). The Iudv is 1ln)t slowv-\vitictt illd Witih 1CIc rI-igio lis...

Moneysworth I Ic knows, tile old mall ill the good black overcoat: whcer thle bids arlc Coming Fromi, and tile bIcts; whose hand's Worth the spit Clapped into it; flow to judge...

B O OKS D oris l...essiig canmc to L(lon il 1949, alitcr a child hood iII Soutihcern R hodesia: slc was 3(0 years old anrid (divorced, a 11d1 had witlli hlc a Smlla Son and a...

God is banished but morals remain David Papineau UNI)L'RSTANDING TI IF' I 'lSI FNTF: SCI lFNCLE ANI) 'I I 1 SOUL 012 MO)DE'RN MAN bay Bryan Applleyard Pic(ador; t£14....

TIhe Snares of Art The path to the Sunday School was dark. You could (cet to tlhe bend Iy walking backwards, then uLlt iI SoIllc Scrious praying. Save 11ec, ILord, Save mec...

Remembrance of anything Mark Illis R(TLTEN TIM MIS by Pa.lul Micou BanIamnl Presst', 114.(9, p. 272 T iS mllust he one of, the IllSt novels to uIsC the Gll' War IS I...

A Question of Confidence I'di go 1l( fI1tllieC ti- i an te 1 lii ft cot t agc, Up the path where stones clicked their tecthl. So why The silence oil thle bridleway start led...

When you can't go home again Euan Cameron POINT OF ARRIVAL by Andrew Gralham-Yooll IPluIo P.ress, .35, £12. 95. im)i. 220 I)EAR COUNTRY: A QUE'ST OR ENGLANI) by Harry Reid...

Byron I l- - lI l She said 'lDid you CVC- everhapCel to 1meCet Bjyronl?' Being confused and almost uInIbelivMlbly Old. 11cr lather had been ambassador, I knew, to somewhere...

The final words of a dandy Paul Barker EX P1L131TIVIS 1)1_1 iL'llI) b)y Angela Carter (hatlo &. Wvindus, £15.( 9, pp. 224 T hlie YO(I g WOlinll Cm11C iln, velry erect,...

Opera Peter Grillies I C( ;Ilvinchmi' i c ) Glorious Grimes RLIPCI-t CIII-IStIMISCII A s it )egi sll to plan iite flrl'st Seasols ili its llnew hiOuise I wonder i (...

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Low life Crying all the way to the bank Jeffrey Bernard 1\4v last thiree winning bets have not pleCaSCeI d C (IS IllUCh oIS VOL might think. 1The results camic in thie orm of...

Lonlg life Macmillan's guilt Nigcl Nicolson T ic Alacm( Z'llas b, lRichard 1)a\vcnlportI Imcs was descrihcd 1)v Andrew Roberts III last wcc k \Sp' 1(0lo1 as spila'( ,iid...

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