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Christmas past in Spectator letters
This is a selection of seasonal letters from The Spectator’s 185-year archive, now online at archive.spectator.co.uk. The emblem to the…
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Climate scientists write… Sir: Lord Lawson has written in his diary (30 November) under the online summary headline ‘my secret…
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No middle way Sir: Ask not whether Iran wants to negotiate with us; ask whether we want to negotiate with…
Letters: Cyclists reply to Rod Liddle, and an MP replies to Hugo Rifkind
Rod rage Sir: Like most cyclists, who also own a car and pay road tax, I enjoy a pedal along…
Australian Letters
Pilfering politicians Sir: On first reading the article ‘Put the expenses “scandal” in perspective’ (2 November) I was in sleeping-dog-disturbing…
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Not fair on cops Sir: Nick Cohen (‘PCs gone mad’, 26 October) claims that the police are deliberately attacking the press…
Letters to the Editor
Ridley’s wrong Sir: In last week’s issue the former Northern Rock chairman rejoiced in the ‘good news’ that climate change…
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A fat lot of good Sir: Max Pemberton is right that obesity is a terrible problem in western society (‘The…
Letters: Nurses reply to Mary Dejevsky, and Iggy Pop’s sherry habit
Nursing standards Sir: I share Mary Dejevsky’s concern regarding the impact of tired, overworked nurses on the quality of patient…
Letters: On quitting Facebook, and putting down Nigel
Why we joined Sir: I was astonished by the assertion made by Wyn Grant (Letters, 21 September) that ‘the postwar…
Letters: Alan Sked on party politics, and how to win a pony show
Party politics Sir: I don’t think it is true that I would be unhappy in any party, as Ross Clark…
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Tories and Italians Sir: Roger Scruton must be laughing, or more likely crying, to hear his Meaning of Conservatism described…
Letters: The Syria debate, plus Giles Milton on Andro Linklater
Syrian matters Sir: Though Syria (Leading article, 31 August) is certainly no laughing matter, the turmoil prevailing over a ‘punitive…
Letters: Peter Hitchens vs Nick Cohen, and the case against the middle class
Piggies in the middle Sir: Your feature ‘The strange death of the middle class’ (24 August) assumes that young people…
Letters: GPs reply to J. Merion Thomas
Some doctors write Sir: Professor Meirion Thomas (‘Dangerous medicine’, 17 August) may be an excellent surgeon but he is uninformed…
Letters: James Whitaker’s widow answers Toby Young
Absent friends Sir: Alec Marsh (‘Welcome to Big Venice’, 10 August) accurately observes that Londoners are priced out of central…
Letters: How IQ is handed down
IQ and social mobility Sir: It seems not to have occurred to our leaders that ability is not evenly distributed…
Letters: The EU diplomats hit back at Norman Lamont
EU diplomacy Sir: Lord Lamont’s article ‘The EU’s scandalous new army of overpaid diplomats’ (Politics, 20 July) revisits his oft-repeated…
Letters: The Met Office answers Rupert Darwall, and a defence of Bolívar
Wild weather Sir: Weather and climate science is not an emotional or political issue — even though emotions and politics run…
Letters: MPs’ salaries, Ruby the Heartstealer, and how to avoid washing up
Tax breaks for families Sir: Hugo Rifkind is wrong to imply (6 July) that the current income tax system is indifferent…
Letters: Sir Peter Lampl replies to Charles Moore, and the memories of a wasteful GP
Medical waste Sir: Susan Hill’s article (‘Patient, heal thyself’, 29 June) dealt only with the unnecessary visits to GPs for…
Letters: David Gower defends bats
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In defence of bats Sir: I am saddened by the ‘us versus them’ stance taken by Melissa Kite (‘Bats vs…