Oxford's Eye
Sir: Bevis Hillier's memory of Parson's Pleasure (Books, June 27), the magazine that I founded in Oxford in 1958, is not cor- rect. Your reviewer must be thinking of a different......
Unkind Cut
Sir: The situation Dr Joan Horton describes (Letters, 30 June) is probably due to the fact that new mothers are often told to leave their infant boys' private parts alone:......
Old Feud
Sir: Paul Johnson is quite right when he says (And another thing, 27 June) that 'left- ies' are remarkably 'litigious'. I remember being sued for libel by the editor of the New......
Orator Hague
Sir: Mrs Thatcher used to mock Mr Neil Kinnock for his parliamentary incompe- tence. 'He can't think on his feet,' she would jibe. William Hague's dominance on every......
Vines Veritas
Sir: it used to be one of the glories of The Spectator that Latin tags were never trans- lated. It was assumed — rightly — that readers had enough education to know them. Now I......
Sir: Having Read A School Doctor's Observa- Tions On The
subject of penile hygiene (Let- ters, 20 June), I am bound to predict that we will henceforth experience an expanding debate surrounding the relative merits of circumcision, one......
Frank Who?
Sir: I was intrigued to read Joan Collins's Diary (30 May) and, in particular, the final paragraph about Frank Sinatra. Miss Collins says in this, 'I remember him telling me......
A Loud 'no'
Sir: Ian Moore makes the outrageous claim that there was 'a virtual press blackout' of the 'No' campaign in the recent Northern Ireland referendum on the Good Friday agreement......
Sir: Enthusiasm For Hygiene Led Baden- Powell To Suggest In
Scouting for Boys that boys keep their noses clean by sniffing up salt water, and others to colonic lavage, Lysol baths and twice daily gargles; and no `Oh, good, you're......
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