Cricketing Customs
Sir: Since The Spectator is so given over to cricket these days might I suggest that you press upon Mr Dexter that his first duty in rebuilding the England XI might be a gentle......
Letters Arma Virumque Cano
Sir: John Glashan's depressingly accurate cartoon (5 August) of a too-typical British GENTS or MEN is perhaps even more to the point than some of your younger readers may have......
Spot The Lady
Sir: I was a little puzzled by Lord Bruce- Gardyne's reference to 'the devil and Mrs Pettigrew' (Letters, 15 July). I wonder if he was thinking of Hilaire Belloc's lines 'On......
Man Of Acton
Sir: I am at a loss to see the funny side of Mr Kipper Williams's cartoon about Acton Man (12 August). Paul Danon 60 Julian Avenue, Acton, London W3......
Carnivorous Riposte
Sir: If people are shirt-sleeved vegetarians (Letters, 12 August), why should they go to the Mazarin? It is not surprising that it is difficult to get a table there — the food......
Prayer Book Book
Sir: I am compiling an anthology about services in the Book of Common Prayer as they are mentioned in poetry or fiction, in biography or autobiography, journals and letters.......
Rambling
Sir: Of course, Auberon Waugh isn't se- rious (Another voice, 22 July) when he asks, what do people expect when they go walking on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path dressed like......
Nation Of Saints
Sir: Recently reading The Life of Joseph Addison by Sir Peter Smithers I came across the following opinions: It is a melancholy reflection that our Coun- try, which in time of......
Rusty Blasphemy
Sir: Being unfamiliar with the law relating to blasphemy, I consulted the current modern textbook, Gordon on the Criminal Law of Scotland. After pointing out that the last......
A Dictionary Of Cant
CIVIL LIBERTY. Freedom is the most important thing there is. It means a guarantee that a decent, finished man or woman can live without hindrance. Civil liberty, on the other......
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