Maligning Mao
Sir: In my piece from China dated 4 December, trying to describe the sexual electricity evidently crackling in the photographs of the late Chairman Mao with his third wife,......
One Good Word
Sir: I gather from last week's Spectator that You have a poor opinion of Mr Michael Heseltine. May I put in one good word for him? At least he stopped the planting of conifers......
Nuclear Hypocrisy
Sir: Colin Welch's outburst against the Peace Movement (1 January) is, sadly, typical of the way our debates about defence and security are conducted. His own words do not......
The Comper Antidote
Sir: A. N. Wilson's review of Twenty Years at St Hilary (8 January) gives us a deeply perceptive account of why we now find ourselves with many ugly churches, pale ec-......
Polysyllabic Snobbery
Sir: I do not wish to enter into a debate with Paul Johnson (15 January) on the respec- tive merits or demerits of polysyllables and monosyllables. I am sure as a contributor to......
Sir: We Can And Must 'have It Both Ways' (pace
A. S. Hull, Letters, 15 January). Nuclear bombs are illogical weapons, useless if used and effective if unused, reflecting some of the illogic of human nature itself. CND would......
Ironically
Sir: Sure, ok, I did write those words that Paul Johnson teased out of my Guardian book review (15 January). Next time, for the benefit of Spectator columnists, I'll have them......
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