6 AUGUST 1988, page 28

Botswana's Vodka

Sir: Jeffrey Bernard (Low life 4 June) expresses surprise that anyone in Botswana reads The Spectator. Actually, there are four of us. Five, if you count the University of......

Banking On It

Sir: Christopher Fildes's satirical piece (City and Suburban, 9 July) on the inau- guration of the European Central Bank was a real classic. It might interest you to know that......

Getting The Bird

Sir. It is not often that one can write about conservation success but India is home not only of the greatest, Project Tiger, but more recently a bird, previously thought......

Sir: In A Fanciful Review Of Hugh Thomas's Book, Which

alleges that the Rudolf Hess who died in Spandau was not the Rudolf Hess who was Hitler's close associate, John Zametica makes a very interesting remark. Lookalikes, or doubles,......

Hess Mess

Sir: How could you devote a whole page of your valuable space to John Zametica's review of Hess: A Tale of Two Murders (23 July)? On 10 May 1941, a Messerschmitt 110 (the......

Drink-sense

Sir: In support of both Auberon Waugh's spirited campaign (12 December) against the drinking laws and the Home Secret- ary's idea of putting a health warning on wine bottles,......