Nancy And The Keynesians
Sir: Nancy Dell’Olio is a Keynesian (‘John Maynard Keynes, my hero’, 29 November), but if Keynes were alive today, he would be revising his doctrine. In the 1930s government......
Sir: Your New Economics Correspondent Nancy Dell’olio...
consider another economist, Kondratieff, who postulated an 80-year cycle in economic events: 1929 marked the end of a decade noted for bright young things, financial excess,......
Sir: While I Don’t Doubt Nancy Dell’olio Is A Fan
of John Maynard Keynes, I cannot shake off the feeling she may have had help composing her case for him. The last leg of her piece reads like someone from the Treasury has......
All Greek To Moore
Sir: Charles Moore employs a more inaccurate term than he may appreciate when he describes the Greek Cypriot organisation EOKA as ‘separatist’. In fact EOKA fought for enosis ,......
Plane Wrong
Sir: This may be pedantic, but given the relevance and personal interest attributed by Charlotte Metcalf to the Spitfire in her article on Bremont watches (Christmas Gifts, 29......
Bloody Brilliant
Sir: Toby Young (‘Status Anxiety’, 29 November) tells of his daughter’s present to him of a swear box. She has set an important precedent that deserves maximum support. Let......
Not The Embonpoint
Sir: Dear Mary uses the word embonpoint to mean ‘bosom’. It doesn’t; the OED and Harrap’s French-English Dictionary agree that it means ‘plump’ , ‘stout’ or ‘well-covered’. Tom......
Letter Of The Law
Sir: Following Charles Moore’s comments about TV Licensing (The Spectator’s Notes, passim ), we would like to make clear that TV Licensing’s operations strictly comply with the......
An Undignified Part
Sir: If Robert Peston is the only route through which the government is prepared to take a leak, which part of the body politic does that make him? Giles Rowe London SW12......
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