Beholden To Mayor Ken
From Lindsay Jenkins Sir: David Williams (Letters, 17 September) pointed out that David Cameron’s mayor-appointed police chiefs would allow Ken Livingstone to appoint the......
From Douglas Carswell Mp
Sir: What’s wrong with an elected mayor appointing police chiefs? Crime has fallen in New York over the past decade precisely because former mayor Rudy Giuliani directly......
Restoration Dramas
From Michael Daley Sir: Sarah Walden gives no indication of why or on what grounds an unnamed trustee of the National Gallery reproached her for recently publishing letters......
Boat Mystery Deepens
From Colonel the Hon. Alastair Campbell Sir: I am fortunate that my wife forwards her copy of The Spectator to me in Baghdad to provide some hours of pleasure amid the dismal......
Blair’s Sporting Life
From Ashley Duthie Sir: I trust that Peter Oborne is aware that Fettes is a rugby school (Politics, 17 September). It is not only Mr Blair’s cricket background that has been......
When Author Turns Critic
From Barbara Hooper Sir: I can match Graham Lord’s experience at the hands of Trevor Grove (Letters, 17 September). When my book about Laurie Lee appeared (not authorised, but......