Six-letter Word
Sir: Mr J. W. M. Thompson in his reference ('Spectator's notebook', 28 February) to the Daily Telegraph's rendering of bloody as b—, has unconsciously disinterred a potent......
Investment Grants
Sir: With reference to your recent articles by Dr Jeremy Bray and Sir Keith Joseph (14 and 21 March), it is understandable that businessmen do not always take into account the......
An Australian Writes
Sir: If your antipodean correspondent has recovered from the 'horrid pain' of his ulti- mate stanza, he may be constrained to follow this oracular advice: 'Not to SPECTATOR,......
Afterthought
No draws JOHN WELLS The odds against anyone predicting the exact day on which the Prime Minister will call the next general election have been estimated by experts to be several......
Machiavelli's Friend
Sir: Mr Alexander (Letters, 14 March) still misunderstands me. My principal objection to his version of Guicciardini lay not in his 'philosophy of translation' but in his fre-......
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