29 MAY 1982, page 19

Letters

Private war Sir: If James Fenton doesn't want or need my compliments (Spectator 14 May) then I withdraw them with relief. After all, he wrote on 1 May that 'we are going to war......

Mistiming

Sir: Harold Wilson, for all his political subtlety, is unlikely really to believe that he won the 1966 general election on a 'wave of patriotism after England won the World Cup'......

Two Families

Sir: Mr Waugh should have realised that those who read The Times and Spectator may also read the Observer. No wonder he blustered so about a straightforward profile of one......

Israel And The Plo

Sir: Elisabeth Luard's knowledge of Israel's scientific and technological achievements ('Hybrid vigour', 22 May) obviously does not extend to the current situation in the oc-......