12 MARCH 1994, page 25

Letters Bad Manners

Sir: Of course Mr Dawkins' irreverent and atheistic views (Letters, 19 February) are absolutely right, but does he not realise that a gentleman keeps such thoughts to him- self?......

Frozen Assets

Sir: Three weeks ago, during that bout of rather severe weather, I took out a mort- gage on a small one-bedroom igloo. My estate agent had assured me that, given the imminent......

The Editor's Due

Sir: Paul Johnson is quite right about the desirability of editors being thrashed by their victims (And another thing, 26 Febru- ary); I can only assume that it is Mr Major's......

Woman's Work

Sir: Can any of your Roman Catholic corre- spondents explain something for me? Two ministers have publicly explained that they have left the Church of England for the Roman......

Hurd's History

Sir: Since either charity or shortage of space forced Dr Noel Malcolm to curtail his indictment of Douglas Hurd, perhaps I could take up some of the slack relating to his......

Head Kielanowski

Sir: Notwithstanding my boundless admira- tion for all Spectator articles written by Anne Applebaum to date, I feel compelled to correct erroneous details she wrote about......

Get It Right

Sir: Judy Garland did not say, as Sheridan Morley wrote last week (Arts, 12 Febru- ary), 'We are . . . a long way from Kansas City.' The line, perhaps the greatest in liter-......

Man's Work

Sir: There is a new exception to the general rule of ladies first (Letters, 26 February). `I'd definitely support "youthanasia" . . The Eastern Orient Express from Singa- pore......