23 JULY 1983, page 18

Young Moore

Sir: Rising-young-columnist watchers among Spectator readers who savoured as I did the first-rate 'Political commentary' of 2 July might find it interesting to be told that, in......

Letters

The Falklands Sir: Of all the statements made about the Belgrano incident in recent issues the most puzzling conies from Simon Jenkins when he writes (11 June) that the British......

Margaret Kennedy

Sir: In her review of Violet Powell's The Constant Novelist: A Study of Margaret Kennedy (2 July), Joanna Richardson complains of overemphasis on the subject's defects. 'One......

Sir: I Suppose One Should Not Look For Any Great

profundity in your 'Notebook' jottings, but your assertion (2 July) that a new Falklands airport will lead to depopulation of the islands strikes me as exceptionally silly.......

Haunting And Thumping

Sir: Hymn-banners and hymn-mourners alike put all their emphasis on the words (A.N. Wilson, 25 June). They ought also to celebrate the tunes. Some are dull as ditch- water of......

Rubbish And Romance

Sir: I am rather startled by Mr Chancellor's brisk dismissal (4 June) of the late Miss Betty Trask's endowment, an annual award to the youngish author of 'a romantic novel or......