11 AUGUST 2001, page 29

Smuggling Is A Heinous Crime

From Mr Alan Toft Sir: The campaign to denigrate the efforts of Customs and Excise as it attempts to prevent the importation, by cross-Channel ferry passengers, of quantities of......

From Mr Rupert Fast Sir: Thank God For Andrew Mckie

taking a swipe at the oppressive levels of tobacco duty and the odious practices of Customs and Excise. It is indeed curious that, on this issue, the roughly 30 per cent of the......

Savagery In Chechnya

From Mr Tahir Nawab Sir: I truly like your articles, but the recent accolades that Bruce Anderson showered on Vladimir Putin (Politics. 4 August) are undeserved and expose this......

Friend Of America

From Lord Hanson Sir: As one who spent almost half his working life in the USA, and who is grateful for its forthright attitude to tackling possible environmental problems in a......

My Tms Days

From Sir Tim Rice Sir: Flattered though I am to be nominated by Mike Taylerson to join the Test Match Special team (Letters. 4 August), I must point out that I have already......

Truth About The Gulag

From Mr Andrius UzIcalnis Sir: In her article 'The great error' (28 July), Anne Applebaum suggested that political prisoners deported to Russia from the Baltic states were......