Rugby Union

Sir: I am proud to be quoted in Raymond Keene's admirably sane defence of exercis- ing the brain rather than brawn (Don't get too physical', 27 June), just as I am proud that,......

A President At War

Sir: I am the author of the American Spec- tator article mentioned by Professor Brogan in his review (Books, 20 June), which argued that the new book of Watergate tapes amounted......

Sir: I Doubt Dave Hill, As A Former Labour Spin

doctor, was writing with the best inter- ests of the Conservative party at heart, so may I thank him for the compliment? Alan Duncan, MP House of Commons, London SW1......

Tagging Along

Sir: As a poor, frail, illiterate, old pensioner and devoted Spectator reader, I'd just like to say that I'm grateful for your English trans- lation of Latin quotations......

Laboured Advice

Sir: I suppose, even though he used to work for the Labour party, some of Mr Hill's advice (`Your turn to do the business', 27 June) to the Conservative party might have been......

Letters A Taxing Question

Sir: The comment by Christopher Fildes (City and suburban, 4 July) and the £200,000 shown in Hollis Industries' accounts as a payment to Geoffrey Robin- son, who denies......

Double The Pleasure

Sir: Adrian Berry writes (Letters, 4 July) that I am in error in suggesting that the edi- tors of the Oxford publication Parson's Pleasure included lain Sproat. He adds that he......