10 JUNE 2006, page 26

Schools For Success

From Barnaby Lenon Sir: Robert Yates rightly explains that grammar schools were the path to academic success and a good job for clever workingclass children in the period 1935......

From Col. John Wilson

Sir: Robert Yates makes a proper case for grammar schools. But working-class children will not reach that stage unless they start well. My late wife was an infant teacher for......

Roy’s Rural Ride

From Charles Jackson Sir: While enjoying Roy Hattersley’s bucolic rhapsodies (Life, 3 June) and wishing him well in his village Arcadia, I was reminded of those contemporary......

Tolerance Of The Kurds

From James Blount Sir: Charles Moore worries, with some justification, about the vulnerability of Christians in such places as Iraq (The Spectator’s Notes, 3 June). He would......

Good News For Dugganites

From Anthea Morton-Saner Sir: Allan Massie’s advocacy of Alfred Duggan (Books, 3 June) is greatly welcomed. As Duggan’s recently retired literary agent, I can assure Mr Massie......

Wind Instrument

From Dennis Morris Sir: Christopher Caldwell in his piece ‘Why I, as an American, love the French’ (27 May) says, ‘Little of [French] wit involves breaking wind on trains.’......