Letters

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…

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…