18 JULY 1987, page 27

Prayer Book

Sir: I could hardly believe my eyes when I read the Diary by Mary Soames (4 July). Here she was stating that we are doomed to a continuing malaise in our religious life and that......

No

Sir: Am I alone in being irritated and repelled by the expression 'state of the art', applied ad nauseam to every advertised product from heavy machinery to fizzy drinks?......

Unworthy Of Mortimer

Sir: It is only the delight I have in John Mortimer's writings which causes such exasperation at his article 'Should writers think?' (27 June). Spurious juxtapositions,......

Anglican Unionist

Sir: Sir John Biggs-Davison (Letters, 4 July) says 'Non sequitur' to Stephen Robinson's assertion that any Unionist would in time lose South Down because of its natural Catholic......

Honey-coloured Bradford

Sir: I was in Bradford recently and saw nothing of Richard West's 'Inner city of dreadful night' (27 June). Indeed, I have happy memories of a lovely English city of......

In The Money

Sir: Paul Johnson claims that the Mail on Sunday is losing money. This is simply not true. The Mail on Sunday has been trading at a considerable profit for the last 18 months......

Homer's Sexuality

Sir: Does Oliver Knox ('Homer for sex lessons', 27 June) need to return to the Mad to discover the negative aspects of sexual passion when schools still teach Othello, Romeo and......

The Spectator

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