Inspired Sobriety

Sir: While glad to see for the first time an article on jazz in The Spectator (Arts, 24 October), I was dismayed by Michael Heath's inclusion of Clifford Brown in his list of......

Burning Issue

Sir: In 'The Current Favourite' (28 Novem- ber) it is implied that, in some way, the CEGB was to be blamed for what you describe as the 'humiliating climbdown' by the Government......

Honoured In The Breach

Sir: Charles Glass writes (`The hostage market', 5 December) that, in bargaining for the release of French hostages in Beirut, M. Jacques Chirac followed 'the honoured Lebanese......

Unseemly Meaning

Sir: In his review of Mr J.I.M. Stewart's autobiography (Books, 7 November), Pro- fessor Peter Levi suggests that Mr Stewart made an 'odd mistake' when he referred to A.H.......

Letters A Better Underground

Sir: Gavin Stamp's article (`Taking the tube to task', 28 November) echoes the thoughts that many of us have over the deterioration of the Underground. Howev- er I believe the......

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