Double Standard
Sir: For crying out loud, where does J. W. M Thompson (Spectators Notebook, 29 Novem- ber) live, in Tibet or the Fiji Islands? He does not know that ten days after Armistice Day......
Defending The Colonels
Sir : In the current phase of criticism of the Greek government in the British press the dis- continuation of `Demotiki' (an unsuccessful attempt to spread a fusion of spoken......
The Silent Revolution
Sir: Your leading article (29 November) is of a piece with some excellent others in your con- siderable attempt to reason with an economic junta dazzled by its excess. (One......
Paul Verlaine
Sir: I am writing a critical biography of Paul Verlaine (1844-96), and I should be most grateful for any help which your readers are kind enough to give me. John Wells's......
Enter The New Fascists
Sir: Lord Monson has misunderstood me and, I think, the student rebels (Letters, 22 Novem- ber). I said that they approve of 'violence against the rich and strong rather than......
We Never Close
Sir: Michael Nyman in 'We never close' (22 November) discusses the London concert scene. He writes : . . in the past few weeks our well-fed musical culture has shown that it can......
No. 528: The Winners
Trevor Grove reports: Competitors were in- vited to compose a papal encyclical on tax evasion, parking meters, the use of chemical hair removers or any other suitably unlikely......
No. 530: Parody
COMPETITION Set by Joyce Johnson: A book on human beings, written in the manner of a book on birds, would probably include descriptions of the Black- coated Commuter, the......
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