A Wrong Note

Sir: I was extremely angry to read in your music column (20 February) Robin Hol- loway's cutting and uncalled-for remarks about the music of George Lloyd. In recent years both......

Fact Checker

Sir: Presuming that Mr Alastair Forbes cannot come to the fax, may I take the 'every schoolboy knows' class and rap Mr Brian Masters ever so lightly on the wrist for two errors......

Irony

Sir: You have uncovered in John Gummer (Books, 27 February) a writer of breathtak- ing comic genius, combining subtle irony with sharp social observation. He needs to be taught......

Sibling Rivalry

Sir: I refer to the letter, alas from my broth- er David Gordon (Letters, 27 February), the Chairman of the Contemporary Art Society. In his letter he invites Spectator readers......

All God's Creatures

Sir: William Oddie reminds us yet again (`No sects please, we're British, 19 Decem- ber) that more Roman Catholics than Anglicans are at worship in England on a typical Sunday......

Sexual Discrimination

Sir: Sir Frederick Lawton in his article 'Prison is not enough' (27 February) obliquely acknowledges that the restoration of corporal punishment as a judicial sen- tence would......

Toff-baiting

Sir: Charles Moore's reasoned defence of his class (Another voice, 20 February) con- tains several fatal flaws. Chief among them, of course, is his assertion that his hated edi-......