10 FEBRUARY 1996, page 24

Totally Confused

Sir: We found Mr Auberon Waugh's description of Alex Carlile as the 'right- wing' member for Montgomery baffling (Another voice, 27 January). As he was elected as a Liberal......

Of Tea And Bidets

Sir: I found the description of Jeffrey Bernard's last trip to Paris quite fascinating (Travel Special, 3 February). However, I still have doubts about the connection......

. . . Not Sweet

Sir: I have read and enjoyed The Spectator for very many years and look forward to it arriving by post each Thursday. I am no prude, but I think that the increasing use of the......

A Right Bore

Sir: Mr Bruce Anderson, (Politics, 27 Jan- uary) seems to think that all those who read The Spectator are as far to the right as those who read the American Spectator. Other-......

Short, But . . .

Sir: The article by Alan Cochrane on the religious rivalry between Celtic and Rangers (It'll no work', 20 January) reminded me of a joke I heard recently. Q. Why are there more......

No Conception

Sir: Ian Hislop is clearly no biblical scholar (Television, 20 January). The sin of Onan was not masturbation. Onan, son of Judah, was required by the law of his time to marry......