23 MAY 1987, page 23

Spare Sparg

Sir: I am writing to express my objection to a passage in Richard West's article 'Time To Free Mandela' (2 May). Whatever the merits of his argument, I doubt that the sentence,......

Letters English History

Sir: Michael Trend's examination of the assumptions behind the new way of teaching history (Past caring', 4 April) was enlightening and disturbing. To encourage the young to......

Dwight Macdonald

Sir: It was a pity that Mr Welch only met the late Dwight Macdonald once, on 'a grisly occasion' when 'he repeatedly and loudly laughed off Auschwitz,' as de- scribed in Mr......

Hollis Riddle

Sir: It might help to solve the Hollis riddle if the contradiction over the interrogation of the Russian defector, Igor Gouzenko, could be resolved. What has Richard Deacon or......

The Spectator

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