9 MAY 1987, page 28

Bird Life

Bird Life Sir: Dear me, what a querulous lot you are at the Spectator. Almost every year the Periodical Publishers Association, of which you are so distinguished if small a......

Mishurd

Mishurd Sir: The Home Secretary's misunderstanding of Puccini's politics (Letters, 25 April) reveals more about the social and cultural problems of this country than he might......

Condoms Cause Aids

Condoms cause Aids Sir: As venereologist for the armed forces in south-west England for four years, I was in charge of 'Tommies' Johnnies' (18 April). As Alexander Norman points......

Old Men's Suicide

Old men's suicide Sir: Why cannot one choose when one dies? Why should the last unhappy years spoil the happiness of the first? My concrete suggestion is that if one is over 80......

Grave Errors

Grave errors Sir: It is so gratifying to have one's letter to the editor printed (2 May), so flattering to have the editor himself comment on it in his Diary, that it is perhaps......

Tiny Errors

Tiny errors Sir: The review (2 May) by Donald Trelford of my book, My Life wit/h Tiny, gives vent to sweeping allegations in somewhat heated language. I hope you will allow me......