Redesdale Recanted
From Philip Hensher Sir: What Paul Levy originally said about Lord Redesdale, in his explanatory notes to Lytton Strachey’s letters, was: ‘He was seriously unhinged and, when a......
On Being Jewish
From Miriam M. Reik Sir: I immediately recognise the experience and background of Miriam Gross because it is almost exactly the same as mine (‘What it means to be Jewish’, 26......
Catholic Support For Mosley
From Rodney Atkinson Sir: Congratulations to Charles Moore for defending Conservative candidate Adrian Hilton against the obnoxious attack from the Catholic Herald and the......
No Asylum Crisis
From Anne Dawson-Shepherd Sir: The piece by Rod Liddle contains the erroneous use of the terms ‘illegal’ and ‘bogus’ for asylum-seekers (‘The seeds of hate’, 19 March).......
Smacks Of Confusion
From Claus von Bulow Sir: In his review of Maria Full of Grace (Arts, 26 March) Mark Steyn mentions Colombia and its capital Bogota six times and yet he makes the mistake of......
A Mean Obit
From Damian Thompson Sir: Terence Monaghan (Letters, 26 March) is cross that I accused the left-wing Catholic magazine the Tablet of printing a sour article marking the death of......
Local Knowledge
From Alasdair Finlayson Sir: To create a warm, local atmosphere in telesales from far-flung parts (Paul Johnson, And another thing, 26 March), operatives are schooled in UK......
From Samuel Brittan
Sir: It is a sound convention that authors do not take issue with reviewers. But part of the same convention is that reviewers refrain from inaccurate or misleading accounts of......