Juliette's Weekly Frolic
The Sporting Life recently published a letter chastising bookmakers for their narrowminded habit of refusing antepost wagers on races sponsored by their rivals. On Monday,......
Enoch On Ulster
Sir: The thoughts of Enoch Powell on Vietnam were 'too hard to resist and so I purchased The Spectator for the first time the week of February 10. I am, and will remain,......
Fellow, Travellers
From the Lady Latham Sir: I have recently skipped through David Caute's book The Fellow Travellers. This I soon discovered was all it was worth — the inaccuracies were so......
Cross Words
Sir: Please give me space to support Oswald Baxter (January 27) in his protest about the type now used for Jac. It is bad enough to have to keep the Throwaway Supplement in the......
More Deception
From the Revd Hubert V. Little Sir: Your editorial 'An Act of Deception' leads me to report our Society's protest at the way in which the public has been misled by the......
Unwanted Advice
Sir: How can ' Bookbuyer ' (February 10) pass off as new yet another set-up claiming to give advice to writers of verse? And what can be the benefits accruing to a neophyie who......
No Tragedy
Sir: I would like to thank you for your kind feature in the Bookend Column (February 3), but may I correct one apparent misapprehension? The policy of budget-cost novels......