Too Much Paul (and Glover)
Sir: The Spectator prints too many articles about other papers and journalists: Paul Johnson inveighs at length about the News of the World and sundry contributors to that......
Rugby Balls
Sir: David Storey's play, The Changing Room, concerns rugby league. The Rugby Football League has just celebrated 100 years of professional rugby football. Never- theless,......
Come-down
Sir: Come up with: I have written before about the use of this sloppy, 'pop', unthink- ing usage. There are nearly 20 alternative transitive verbs of standard English convey-......
Murky Politics
Sir: The Ulster Unionists may — as the Government says — have tried to secure a clandestine deal in return for their support in the Scott vote, or they may — as the Unionists......
Yesterday's Terrorists
Sir: In your leading article, 'The human question' (17 February), you make two his- torical references that make me itch some- what. The first is that Michael Collins tried to......
Paul Rebuffed
Sir: If Paul Johnson wishes to devote his column (And another thing, 10 February) (for which you presumably pay him) to plugging his book, that is his privilege (or so you seem......
Schwarzkopf Illuminated
Sir: I was distressed that Michael Scott found Alan Jefferson's book about the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 'first-class' (Books, 24 February). For those interested in the......
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