Unreliable Observer

Sir: A search of the Commentary files has failed to uncover a single article by a 'New Right Cold War warrior' urging the West to push the nuclear button, as Peregrine......

In Praise Of Jeremy

Sir: I am so glad that you printed an article denouncing the vicious attack by two jour- nalists on Jeremy Thorpe (No new insight', 12 October). I always think of him as the......

A Dazzled Dane

Sir: That Jens Mommsen was so called in his family is no mystery (Books, 5 October): the man was a Dane, born in Slesvig. His first serious research, in Italy, was under Danish......

The Good Courtier's Craft

Sir: As a participant in the famous, or noto- rious, Chequers seminar on Germany, may I add to the comments already made by George Urban, Lord Dacre and Lady Thatcher (Letters,......

All Wrong

Sir: In his Media studies column of 5 October, Stephen Glover commented on the Guardian's efforts, by forged fax, to obtain a copy of my Ritz hotel bill in 1993 and went on to......

Comfortable Outrage

Sir: In Theodore Dalrymple, Melanie Phillips has found her perfect reviewer (Books, 12 October). They both share a comfortable state of outrage at the appalling condition of......

A Drink Problem

Sir: I was intrigued to see A.A. Gill's attempt to write down a conversation in a restaurant in which Harold Pinter took part (Harold pauses, Antonia is silent', 28 September).......