The Bile Of Miles
Sir: I am astonished that The Spectator should use Rosalind Miles as a reviewer (Books, 30 March). Like most feminist pro- pagandists, Rosalind Miles doesn't like open debate......
Point Grasped
Sir: I am sure I am not alone in beginning to get rather irritated by the increasingly acrimonious slanging match engaged in by Mr Rupert Allason MP and Mr Joe Haines in your......
Caviare To The Ayatollah
Sir: Re Paul Johnson's piece on the origins of the Rushdie affair (And another thing, 30 March), the world in general and Iran in particular would be happier places if Aya-......
Bilateral Internment
Sir: Andrew Roberts continues to evade the issue (Letters, 30 March). As Conor Cruise O'Brien — whom he quoted misleadingly — has explained in numerous articles and interviews,......
Joost Rhymes With Toast
Sir: To the extent that any restaurant review — good, bad or indifferent — builds turnover, I am grateful to Nigella Lawson for 'noticing' The Stamford in her column......
Hard-faced Men
Sir: Lord Alport quotes Stanley Baldwin as having described the Conservatives as 'the probably get a choice of standpipes.' party of "hard-faced men" . . . in pre-war days'......
Martial Art
Sir: During the 1939-1945 war, their Lord- ships of the Admiralty sent newly commis- sioned Fleet Air Army officers, of whom they were understandably nervous, to the Royal Naval......
Monet Madness
Sir: In confusing the location of Monet's garden at Giverny with a French fashion house, Givenchy, Martin Bailey (Exhibi- tions, 30th March) has confirmed the long- held......