Letters

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…

Spectator letters: England’s defining myth, and another forgotten genocide

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Enemies within Sir: I thought Matthew Parris was typically incisive in his last column, but perhaps not quite as much…

Spectator letters: The mobility scooters strike back

18 April 2015 9:00 am

The real road menace Sir: I write in anger after reading Mark Mason’s malicious attack on mobility scooters (‘Hell on…

Australian letters

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Fraser’s Folly Sir: Thoroughly enjoyed the tributes to Mr Fraser (Spectator Australia 28 March). So Peaches has his trousers; I…

Spectator letters: The modern equivalents of Unity Mitford

4 April 2015 9:00 am

Unity’s modern equivalents Sir: I don’t understand why David Pryce-Jones is still banging on about the Mitfords (‘You are always…

Spectator letters: who kept us out of the euro, and how to deal with squirrels

28 March 2015 9:00 am

The referendum parties Sir: Zac Goldsmith and Sir John Major are each of them both right and wrong on the…

Australian letters

21 March 2015 9:00 am

White Ribbon Sir: Tanveer Ahmed wrote an article in The Spectator Australia (14 March) about the various ramifications of the…

Australian letters

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Praise indeed Sir: Congratulations on the best arguments, articles and editorial I have personally witnessed so far in the history…

Australian letters

7 March 2015 9:00 am

Vale of Praise Sir: Michael Baume’s article on Iron Ore’s Vale of Tears (Business/Robbery etc 28 February) was the best…

Australian letters

28 February 2015 9:00 am

Bad behaviour Sir: A good number of years ago I was at the University of NSW with a pleasant fellow…

Australian letters

21 February 2015 9:00 am

Japanese numbers Sir I refer to the article No Aussie Knighthood for Winston (31 January). Whilst I agree with the…

Australian letters

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Royal slip Sir: Philip Murphy’s ‘Sir’ Bob Carr of Italy article (Spectator Australia, 7 February) refers, in relation to Prince…

Spectator letters: Oxfam’s Ebola appeal; what Cumberbatch should have said; and why Prince Charles is right and wrong

7 February 2015 9:00 am

In defence of Oxfam Sir: Mary Wakefield rightly praises Médecins sans Frontières but makes many misinformed claims about Oxfam and…

Letters

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Non pas Charlie Sir: Like many people I too was shocked and horrified at the attack on the staff of…

Australian letters

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Lucky Country Sir: I run a slashing contracting business and cattle at Byron Bay. I just sat down here at…

Letters

17 January 2015 9:00 am

No Stitch Up Dear Qanta: Our names are Andrew O’Keefe and Monique Wright, and we were the hosts who interviewed…

Australian Letters

10 January 2015 9:00 am

No Christmas Sir: To follow up on Chris Ashton’s ‘the real War on Christmas’ (Spec Aus Christmas Special) might I…

Letters: Why Ofsted should be disbanded

3 January 2015 9:00 am

Disband Ofsted Sir: Dennis Sewell’s damning indictment of Ofsted (‘Ofsted in the dock’, 13 December) stopped short of the logical…

Australian letters

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Gay Marriage Sir, I don’t give a tinker’s curse about gay marriage (Brendan O’Neill 6 Dec.) and am tired to…

Australian Letters

6 December 2014 9:00 am

Friend or foe? Sir: The editorial piece ( Spectator Australia, 29 Nov.) and following article by James Allan deal broadly…

Australian Letters

29 November 2014 9:00 am

Creative writing Sir: When Geoffrey Robertson gets it wrong he is calamitous. He ends his Diary note defending ‘a young…

Spectator letters: Why we should subsidise weddings

22 November 2014 9:00 am

Let’s subsidise weddings Sir: Fraser Nelson (‘Marrying money’, 15 November) points out that marriages tend to last longer than cohabitations and…

Spectator letters: Richard Ingrams defends Joan Littlewood, and the truth about Napoleon’s poisonous wallpaper

15 November 2014 9:00 am

The state of Italy… Sir: Ambassador Terracciano’s letter (Letters, 1 November) about Nicholas Farrell’s article (‘The dying man of Europe’,…

Australian Letters

8 November 2014 9:00 am

Well-meaning Whitlam Sir: Over recent months we have been subjected to an unprecedented amount of vainglory from the ALP and…