Letters
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Too right wing Sir: I have been a subscriber to The Spectator since the early Eighties. Like many readers I…
Letters: Charles Saatchi's challenge to Taki, and the battle over Benefits Street
On Benefits Street Sir: Fraser Nelson asserts that people in charities do not want to talk about what life is…
Spectator letters: On the Pope, Jesus and Mandy Rice-Davies
Papal blessing Sir: In his excellent article on Pope Francis (‘Pope idol’, 11 January), Luke Coppen mentions the satirical rumour…
Spectator letters: Kensington answers back to Sebastian Faulks
Pirates and Tories Sir: Daniel Hannan is himself a pirate, masquerading as a Conservative MEP (‘Here come the pirates!’, 4…
Spectator letters: Defending super-heads, and how to drink your yak's milk
In defence of super-heads Sir: I would like to defend head teachers all over the country from the assertions made…
Letters: Jeff Jarvis defends internet companies, Royal Society fellows defend Lord Lawson
A net gain Sir: Jamie Bartlett tries to balance plus and minus, and ends with zero (‘Little Brothers are watching…
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: 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…