Dinner With Matthew
From Richard Leigh Sir: Being slagged off by journalists is, by now, a familiar experience for me, as well as for Michael Baigent. One becomes inured to commentators who......
No Need To Travel
From Jason Boatright Sir: I enjoyed reading Michael Moorcock’s article ‘Why I am becoming an American’ (15 April). However, he referred without comment to one of the strange......
Climatology Isn’t ‘drivel’
From Helen Johns Sir: I am a bit fed up with people like Charles Moore (The Spectator’s Notes, 15 April) who admit they are totally ignorant of the science behind climate......
Absolutely Gutted
From Hugo de Groot Sir: I agree wholeheartedly with the antimodernist thrust of Roger Scruton’s homage to Quinlan Terry (‘Hail Quinlan Terry’, 8 April). His observation of the......
Hawks Kill To Eat
From Elly Daw Sir: I write with regard to the Spectator’s Notes of your 8 April issue. Charles Moore writes of witnessing a sparrowhawk in pursuit of a jay, a pursuit which led......
Conversion Tip
From Tom Allen Sir: Michael Vestey might well be right to question whether the BBC has abolished the mile in favour of the kilometre (Arts, 15 April), but his maths is a little......