Captures And Sackings
Sir: It seems to be an obsession with the Crusades that has caused Mr Anton La Guardia to write such an extraordinarily misleading article ('Where the Crusades live on', 30......
Sir: Paul Johnson Tells Us That He Is Fond Of
quoting Mr Major's remark about Trol- lope's characters. I can well believe it. For- tunately, those Radio Four listeners who voted Mr Major 'Man of the Year' second only to the......
Letters Editor Should've Stopped It
Sir: Was there in fact an argument buried somewhere in Mr Paul Johnson's raving against the Prime Minister (`And another thing', 6 January)? If so, I must have missed it. I am......
Sir: I Have Long Regarded Mr Paul Johnson As An
erratic genius. His historical books are a wonderful one-man achievement. His journalism delights me when I agree with him and has the opposite effect when I dis- agree.......
Sir: Mr Johnson's Article On The Prime Min- Ister Reminded
me of the late John Osborne's Damn You England in its shrill ,silliness but for sheer spite it was in a class of its own: a poor offering from somebody who can claim to have......
Sir: A Good Old Dig At Homosexuals, A Whiff Of
xenophobia and a touch of reverence to Churchill: was Paul Johnson's article intended for publication in The Harrovian — or was it just a hearty (if offensive) exer- cise in......
Sir: Having Published My Letter On 6 Jan- Uary (hoping
that The Spectator had turned over a new leaf by publishing Matthew Par- ris's defence of the Prime Minister), you will understand my relief that you do not necessarily......
Sir: I Do Agree With Peter Robinson's 'glim- Mer Of
hope' (Letters, 6 January) which must have been dashed by Paul Johnson's article in the same issue. However, one can always ignore Mr Johnson's invective, which looks set to......
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