4 OCTOBER 2003, page 40

Sainthood On Schedule

From Dimitri Cava lli Sir: In her otherwise interesting article, (Go straight to Heaven', 20 September) Anne Sebba reports that the Vatican's plans to canonise Pope Pius XII are......

Taki, Fdr And The Facts

From Lord Black of Crossharbour Sir: There were several inaccuracies in my friend Taki's version of the origins of the Pacific war in 1941 (High life', 20 September). Japan......

Biter Bit

From Simon Sinclair Sir: In trying to persuade his nanny to refer to his children's evening meal as 'dinner', Damien McCrystal's snobbery overreaches itself (First, weigh your......

The Vernacular Word

From B.D. Kelly Sir: Your correspondent Dr David Dendy (Letters, 13 September) suggests that Christians in the pre-Reformation Church were not free to read the Bible in their......

The Commissars Of Noise

From Nigel Rodgers Sir; Theodore Dalrymple (`Nasty, brutish and on credit', 20 September) is absolutely right to compare the 'constant thump of very loud pop music' in......

Seeing Off Steyn

From Stephen Masty Sir: After reading Mark Steyn's latest column (If Clark wins — I'll quit', 27 September), am I alone among Spectator readers in sending a small donation to......