Up The Pole
Up the pole Sir: Your correspondent Mr John Evans (Letters, 26 March) is of course correct in his reference to the technical naval use of the term Union Jack. However, this term......
[sir: I Notice That P. J. Kavanagh (19 March)...]
Literally yours Sir: I notice that P. J. Kavanagh (19 March) places the blame at the typesetter's door for the misspellings in the Times. There appears to be a widely-held view......
Hard To Place
Hard to place Sir: The Revd Donald Reeves of St James's Rectory, Piccadilly, states (Letters, 2 April) that 'we certainly are liberal and left.' Who are (or is) the 'we'? Is it......
Missing Facts
Missing facts Sir: Paul Johnson in his perceptive piece on Malcolm Muggeridge (1 April) suggests that St Luke's Gospel is 'the first truly popular biography'. We are told......
Ornithosociology
Letters Ornithosociology Sir: Colin Welch (26 March) asks about the principle used by Labour MPs to criticise government policy which is based on the majority at work at the......
[sir: Ian Waller's Article, 'the Great Hotel...]
I Sir: Ian Waller's article, 'The great hotel robbery' (26 March) wholly misses the point. The reason the sale price is low is due to the appalling managerial neglect of the......
The Recruit
The recruit Sir: I was interested to hear that Lord Shawcross has joined the SDP at the ripe old age of 81. During his heyday after the war when, as Sir Hartley Shawcross, he......
[sir: My Sympathy Lies With P. J....]
Sir: My sympathy lies with P. J. Kavanagh's 'Trifles' (19 March). Maybe he should start his crusade with the Spectator's typesetter who egregiously printed GrEnadian as......
[sir: Ian Waller On Railway Hotels (26 March)...]
Off the rails I Sir: Ian Waller on railway hotels (26 March) does not appear to have seen the design for the new Edinburgh Hilton. It is emphatically not a 'concrete monster'. I......
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