From Lord Black of Crossharbour.

Sir, Gideon Rachman ("Conrad Black and the rise and fall of the Anglosphere", March 6) is correct that variations of the Anglosphere, with which he generously identifies me, are flourishing. I have published a new formulation of it, well received in what used to be called the Old Commonwealth, of as close an association as is practical between the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland, Singapore, and possibly Malaysia and South Africa. Such an entity would retain cordial relations with the less advanced sections of the Commonwealth and hope to recruit new members from among it, when they were ready; as well as with the US, the European Union, and other countries and groups.