10 NOVEMBER 1990, page 30

Better Apart

Sir: Piers Paul Read uses his review of Lawrence Stone's The Road to Divorce (13 October) to advance a subtle yet reaction- ary defence of marriage at any cost, even when......

Insights Inside

Sir: I think that I can attribute my early appearance before the parole board to an improvement in my character which is a direct result of regularly reading your journal, which......

Choice For Ulster

Sir: I felt compelled to respond to Brian Inglis's continued rantings on the subject of Northern Ireland (Letters, 13 October). First of all, a few facts. The Conservative c......

Double Dutch

Sir: For the record, the plant which Grin- ling Gibbons used for abrading his carvings is Dutch rush — not `Dutch iris', as unaccountably appeared in the title of my article......

Suffering Little Children

Sir: The rich are such easy targets, aren't they? (Wean streets', 13 October). But they are determined to remain so. I too have recently been out collecting, for Action Aid in a......

Memories Of Civil War

Sir: Simon Courtauld, and Peter Kemp, are in error (Books, 27 October) in de- scribing 'General Walter', divisional com- mander in the International Brigades, as the Hungarian......