Gentleman In Switzerland

Sir: May I at this late date be permitted to comment on the controversy aroused by Antony Lambton's recent inauguration (Books, 7 September) of a new and idiosyncratic style of......

Bottoms

Sir: Alexander Chancellor's comments on David Owen's big bottom (Television, 14 September), prompt me to reveal research of my own. Recent visits to the Palace of Westminster......

Think-alike

Sir: As a long-time subscriber to the Spectator, I find myself more and more in tune with the thinking of your contribu- tors, especially Richard Ingrams. Could it be that we......

Letters Social Workers In The Way

Sir: Andrew Brown says I taught social work ('Weeding out incompetence', 5 October). In fact, I taught social policy. I don't suggest it's less futile, just different. Having......

Military Mentality

Sir: John Ralston Saul's piece (5 October) on the French malaise was excellent. If he has not already done so, I think he should read Pure War, a dialogue between Paul Virilio......

War Crime

Sir: Mr Kingsley Amis in his review of the dedication and acknowledgments to my book, Hummingbirds and Hyenas, strays briefly into the text to be affronted by my opinion of the......

The Spectator

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