Unjustified
Sir: Many of Richard West's strictures on Jamaica's former Prime Minister (22 August) were fully justified, but his attempt to burden Michael Manley with personal blame for......
The Cossacks
Sir: It is so important that we should all keep a clear head when attempting to disentangle the complex and murky story of the handover of the White Russians in 1945 that I must......
A New Religion?
Sir: C. H. Sisson (5 September) kindly quotes my suggestion that it is 'far simpler . . . for civil authorities to consider the truth of any religious teaching rather than......
More Jokes
Sir: I have always assumed that readers of the Spectator have a sense of humour; without one they must find parts of it decidedly peculiar. If the best Julian Budden can do (5......
Ernest Bramah
Sir: I am about to attempt a biography of Ernest Bramah, the enigmatic creator of Kai Lung. If any of your readers can tell me anything about Bramah (omitting no detail however......
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