Cheap Music
Sir: After reading Sheridan Morley's letter of 23 May, 'Cats and dogs', full of his characteristic quibbling and blether and not to say inept choice of simile, I feel I must......
Swiss Alarm
Sir: Geoffrey Sampson's article on Switzerland (2 May) was so unsatisfactory that I hope you will allow me to make two very important points. The first is that the Swiss have a......
Sir: I Am Very Sorry To Discover That Nina Harvie
(Letters, 30 May) read my article on Swiss xenophobia as a blanket condemnation of that country. In fact I greatly admire Switzerland, and for many of the same reasons that Miss......
The Power Of Prayer
Sir: It is unlikely that Cardinal Hume will defend himself against Mr Waugh's charges (23 May). Before attacking him so fiercely Mr Waugh should, in fairness, have recalled that......
Error On The March
Sir: I write to correct Mr DeAth (23 May) as I frequently find myself doing with others, as to the status of my old college, Aberystwyth. This is one of the constituent colleges......
Programme Notes
Sir: I am delighted to see Richard Ingrams pays as much attention to the truth in his television reviews in the Spectator as he does in the pages of Private Eye. The programme......
Neologism
Sir: What is the thinking behind your, or Tim Garton Ash's, neologism 'Deutschemarks' (23 May)? One would understand 'German marks', `deutschmarks', or 'Deutsche Mark'. But the......
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