Letters

Australian letters

17 October 2015 9:00 am

Machiavellian Mal Sir: Spring has arrived! The shackles of Winter have been broken, the blossoms are blooming, the sun is…

Australian letters

10 October 2015 9:00 am

Conspiracy theory Sir: What happened to the Letters page in this week’s issue? What was the reason for its non-appearance?…

Spectator letters: Advertisements for other planets; the Proms debated; junior doctors protest

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Cold-calling ET Sir: Alexander Chancellor has called for Spectator readers to suggest a message to send into space on behalf…

Australian letters

26 September 2015 9:00 am

Tur(n)bulence ahead Sir: I find I disagree with the sentiments expressed in your cover article (Turnbull’s Treachery) of 19 September.…

Letters: In defence of firefighters; Shipman and assisted dying; Lord Chatterley’s useless gamekeeper

19 September 2015 8:00 am

What firefighters do Sir: Leo McKinstry’s vicious, misleading article ‘Out of the ashes’ (12 September) shows that he has no…

Australian letters

12 September 2015 9:00 am

Mistaken identity Sir: Taki is mistaken in his column of 29 August 2015. Louis XVIII was not a ‘fat Napoleonic…

Spectator letters: Mental health and assisted dying

5 September 2015 9:00 am

Suicide and assisted dying Sir: As a mental health practitioner, I am grateful to Douglas Murray (‘Death watch’, 29 August)…

Spectator letters: Cutting the Lords, and a defence of Edwin Lutyens

29 August 2015 9:00 am

Trimming the ermine Sir: I am a new boy in the House of Lords compared with Viscount Astor — though…

Letters

22 August 2015 9:00 am

Justified bombing Sir: A.N Wilson’s suggestion that the 1945 nuclear bombing of Japan was “without any military or moral justification”…

Letters

15 August 2015 9:00 am

End of Entitlements Sir: Having read David Flint’s article on parliamentary “entitlements” (Bronny bad, Adam goodes, Spectator Aust, 8 Aug.)…

Letters

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Archibald axing Sir: The postmodernist practice of accompanying works of art with a written statement was introduced in my opinion…

Spectator letters: Housing associations fight back; and more world-wrecking British graduates

1 August 2015 9:00 am

What we’re building Sir: I was surprised and frustrated to read Ross Clark’s piece on housing associations in last week’s…

Letters: The Assad option, and a pre-nup for Taki

25 July 2015 9:00 am

Don’t write off Assad Sir: Ahmed Rashid refers to our ‘Arab allies’ supporting al-Qaeda (‘The plan to back al-Qaeda against…

Letters

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Greek cowboys Sir: In the leading article in The Spectator Australia of 11 July 2015, the editor says: “Like the…

Australian letters

11 July 2015 9:00 am

Heavenly choir Sir: Having just read Christopher Akehurst’s article on Pope Francis’ recent Road to Damascus-like conversion to Gaiaism, he…

Right of reply

4 July 2015 9:00 am

Response to Michael Easson Sir: I have been afforded an opportunity to respond to the review of my book “The…

Letters

27 June 2015 9:00 am

Hidden Reids Sir: In his piece on Alan Reid Peter Coleman has asked if there are other hidden works on…

Letters: Booming churches, brilliant Swedes and who gets the VC

20 June 2015 9:00 am

Growing congregations Sir: I would like to take issue with Damian Thompson (‘Crisis of faith’, 13 June) and his assertions…

Spectator letters: Allan Massie on the FBI; Christopher Booker on graffiti

13 June 2015 9:00 am

The long arm of the FBI Sir: The White House may be less willing than it was to play the…

Spectator letters: Fixing aid, Hitler on hunting and the Sun at the opera

6 June 2015 9:00 am

Targeting aid Sir: The way that our aid is being spent is a national scandal (Leading article, 30 May). This…

Australian letters

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Baume strikes gold Sir: It is interesting that the above competition between the two largest exporting countries is at last…

Spectator letters: What decommissioned officers did after the war

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Soldiering on Sir: Max Hastings’s article about demobbed army officers trying for a job after the war struck a chord…

Australian letters

16 May 2015 9:00 am

Modern migrant families Sir, In recounting the positions in print of the likes of Miranda Devine from the Right, and…

Spectator letters: Why not vote like Belgians?

9 May 2015 9:00 am

Bees vs Belgians Sir: To answer Rory Sutherland and Glen Weyl’s question: yes, everyone should vote and no, just because…

Spectator letters: What has happened to the instinctive Tory faith?

2 May 2015 9:00 am

An instinctive Tory faith Sir: For once Bruce Anderson does not exaggerate: David Cameron did indeed win golden opinions for…