Last Bastions
From David Allan Sir: I fear the time to rescue BBC English (cf. Michael Henderson’s article, 12 February) may well be long gone. In 1994, after working as a BBC television......
Debts To Jets
From Christopher James Sir: Rod Liddle is surely right to question whether debt relief can deliver an end to poverty in the world, especially in Africa (‘Make naivety history’,......
Despair For Rural England
From Nancy Penn Smith Hannum Sir: On 26 December last year, Wayne Pacelle, who is president of the Humane Society of the United States, made a broadcast to the American public,......
Enough About Gstaad
From Frederick Forsyth Sir: Every winter those of us dedicated to The Spectator and thus to the column of Master Taki are forced to grin and bear it as we are treated to yet......
Avoid Spills
From Nicola FitzGerald Sir: Might I suggest that instead of upsetting his kind friends, Jonathan Dimbleby (Diary, 12 February) could take to bed with him a bottle of water, a......
Not Up To Politicians
From Antony Dew Sir: Thank you for printing the letter from Matthew Richards (5 February). I was beginning to think that I was the only person who, having voted Conservative in......
Nurses In The Desert
From Mark Menhinick Sir: I have not read the book Max Hastings writes about in his article ‘Forgotten Heroes’ (5 February), though I shall, but I would be surprised if ‘E.M.......
Goats Destroyed Cyprus
From David Critchley Sir: In Devonshire a goat may be a man’s best friend (Letters, 5 February), but in Cyprus matters are different. Sir Ronald Storrs, governor of the island......
Existential Angst
From Andrew Gilligan Sir: As a result of a transcription error, a sentence in my piece last week (‘Leave it to Hollywood’) stated wrongly that Britain and America faced no......
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