Four Legs Good

Sir: Jeffrey Bernard told us (Low life, 15 June) that his advanced state of decay forces him to buy a walking-stick, two being perfect support were it not for their impediment......

Sad Decline

Sir: I read City and Suburban in the 13 July Spectator: very interesting. My eye was caught by the reference to Bagshot. Whenever I refer to Bagehot in articles they print it as......

Ogdon Compositions

Sir: I have been engaged to catalogue the musical compositions of the British pianist and composer John Ogdon (1937-1989) so that an archive of his works can be estab- lished.......

Fire Down Below

Sir: The letter from the news editor of Cosmopolitan, Eleni Kyriacou, speaking up for the victims of alleged 'date rape' (13 July), in fact does their cause no good. It would......

This And Vat

Sir: I noticed in the leading article of 27 April the suggestion that VAT should be raised to 20 per cent and local tax abo- lished completely. If this is a good idea, why would......

Sentient Morality

Sir: Andrew Kenny's 'Animal rights and wrongs' (29 June) blows some fresh air on this subject. He is wrong, however, to say that 'the term "animal rights" would sound strange to......

Blow Job

Sir: I beg to differ with Sir Nicholas Fairbairn's panacea for the overpopulated Third World (Another voice', 18 May). I may add that his proposal to spend £167 million on......