8 NOVEMBER 1986, page 23

'japs'

'Japs' Sir: More deeply offensive than calling the Japanese 'Japs' is John Bruce-Gardyne calling himself Jock. I Alasdair Finlayson I 30 Norwood Park, Bearsden, Glasgow......

Suez Schism

Suez schism Sir: In my letter in last week's Spectator the peers who were in the second Suez Group should have been given as 'Lords Maude and Lauderdale' and not 'Lords Maude......

Teasing

Teasing Sir: I am astonished by the intemperate language in which Sunday Telegraph editor Peregrine Worsthorne (Diary, 25 October) chose to attack my recent review of the......

Threadbare Joke

Threadbare joke Sir: The sprinkling of cartoons each week in the Spectator gives additional colour to a lively publication. This week's cartoon captioned 'Poor Jeffrey has......

Silly Remark

Silly remark Sir: I may, in younger and less charitable I days, have said a number of things about Mark Boxer that were not entirely flattering, but I hope that I would never......