A Downward Scale
From Dr David Whittle Sir: David Miliband (Letters, 11 September), without giving details, claims 'independent evidence. . shows that standards have been maintained' in......
Hemingway's Hero
From Simon Counauld Sir: Tristan Garel-Jones got a bit confused in the course of his touching tribute to Carmen Ordohez (Bullfighting, 18 September). While very few would......
A Red Rag To Robbers
From Ross Davies Sir: Charles Moore finds it 'sinister' (The Spectator's Notes, 11 September) that his post should be delivered by an unmarked white van because the Post Office......
Preposterous Priorities
From Dr C.B. Brown Sir: I read today that we have the highest truancy rate in Europe. We also have the highest teenage pregnancy rate, the highest teenage abortion rate, the......
Mountbatten Unbowed
From Andrew Roberts Sir: John Osman writes (Letters, 4 September) that in 1965 Lord Mountbatten had said to him. 'I fucked it up' when talking about the partition of India, and......
The Fraudulent Foxes
From Alistair Cooke Sir: Charles James Fox's support for Napoleon could hardly have stemmed from anger that his father 'had not received a peerage', as Frank Johnson asserts......
Spencer's Century
From James Young Sir: Your columnist, cheerful Charles Spencer, is justly peeved at being confused with your occasional diarist, the noble lord Charles Spencer. And it must be......
Bernard Levin A Service Of Thanksgiving For The Life Of
Bernard Levin will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday 21 October at St Martinin-the-Fields Church. Tickets are available from The Assistant Managing Editor, The Times, 1 Pennington......
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