Patten On Palestine
From The Right Hon. Christopher Patten, CH Sir: Douglas Davis ('Massacre of the truth', 20 July) packs three false accusations against me into a single bracket in his piece on......
No Document Unread
From Professor Robert W. Istrich Sir: In 'Pius the hero' (20 July), John Laughland uncritically repeats Father Gumpel's claim that members of the Catholic-Jewish historical......
Woolly Pears
From Victoria Glendinning Sir: Leah McLaren ('The tragic ineptitude of the English male', 27 July) has, after only a few months in this country, come to some dire conclusions......
From Mr Charles Gowlland Sir: I Read With Considerable...
Leah McLaren's review of the shortcomings of English men's courting skills, in which I dimly recognised myself as 'Nigel'. It can only be assumed that Leah's failure to......
Making A Hash Of It
From Dr Philip M. Peverley Sir: The insouciance with which Petronella Wyatt smokes one joint and then sets herself up as an authority on drugs (Singular life, 27 July) is......
Partnering Hutton
From Mr Patrick Bums Sir: It is a pity that neither The Spectator nor Derek Matthews contacted the Work Foundation or Will Hutton before publication of your article ('Will......
Lamb's Tale From India
From Bunny Suraiya Sir: David Kempe's letter on the subject of Alexander's descendants (13 July) interested me because of an odd gastronomic coincidence. While in London I ate......
Witching Hour
From Mr Brandon Withey Sir: I would request a retraction of Barnaby Jones's assertion that 'witches do not exist' ('Sex crime', 3 August). We do, and have for centuries, but......
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