10 DECEMBER 2005, page 21

Austria And The Jews

From the Austrian Ambassador Sir: In Austria it is illegal publicly to deny the Holocaust (‘Let Irving speak’, 3 December). ‘Words are deeds,’ said Sigmund Freud, and in Austria......

All Style, No Substance

From Nigel Tipple Sir: Peter Oborne excelled himself in his final Cameron campaign address (Politics, 3 December). ‘A major presence on the national stage’, ‘massive......

Red Or Dead

From Sir Peregrine Worsthorne Sir: Unquestionably, as Oleg Gordievsky points out (Letters, 26 November), the Soviet Union, long after it had ceased to believe in communism,......

Duel Nationality

From Clark McGinn Sir: The last duel in Scotland (and in fact the UK) was not fought by James Landale’s forefather (Books, 26 November). It took place on 2 March 1899 in the......