Sir : In His Admirable Article On Joyce (6 March),
Roger Scruton suggests that the 'lyric quality' of Finnegans Wake is still ignored, and quotes Joyce's statement that 'Time and the river and the moun- tain' were the real......
The Right Of Reply
Sir: Apart from 'near to libelling Kingsley Amis' I don't mind actu- ally libelling him any time he chooses to make an issue out of itt But SPECTATOR readers should be......
The Last Test
Sir: I have read many words on the recent MCC tour in Australia, mostly by cricket journalists, but none of them have hit the nail so firmly and boldly on the head as Mr Simon......
Conservative Pacifism
Sir: Your issue for 6 March carries on the back page an advertisement headed 'Conservative Pacificism'. I gather that it was published anonymously; so that it is not practicable......
John Bull's Body
Sir: I would fully endorse your praise last week of the achievement of Andreas Whittam-Smith since he became the Editor of the Investors Chronicle. However, the Investors Chron-......
Scruton On Joyce
Sir: Roger Scruton on James Joyce (6 March) unearths so many intrigues of that errant Dubliner. Could it be that Gross in his sim- plistic way more accurately reflects the man?......
Broadcasting And The Church
Sir: May I draw attention to a recent public request for written evidence by the Broadcasting Com- mission appointed by the General Synod of the Church of England. The......
The Gospels And The Professor
Sir: Trevor-Roper's new argu- ments can be reduced to three heads: (a) the miracle stories of the Gospels are obviously historic- ally untrue; (b) the Gospels cannot be dated......
More In Grief .
Sir: Sir Denis Brogan (27 Febru- ary) rejects the contention I put forward in the Times that it is Britain's moral duty to repay a fraction of the financial assistance received......
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