11 AUGUST 2001, page 30

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......

Finding The Celtic Tiger

From Mr C. Francis Warren Sir: For years Ireland has been cited by the press and media as making itself into 'the Celtic tiger' economy. Bruce Anderson rightly said this has......

A Wartime Compromise

From Mr Francis Rentoul Sir: Nicholas Farrell ('Why I like the Italian police', 4 August) writes, 'Whereas the British bobby plays it rigidly by the book, his Italian......

Fear Of The Light

From Mr David Stung° Sir: Andrew Gimson ('Married to a monster', 28 July) gives the impression that the disease from which Frau Kohl suffered does not exist. Unfortunately it......

Judgment Is His

From Miss Mary A. Lynch Sir: Your correspondent, Mr Reg Brissenden (Letters, 4 August), was quite mistaken in writing 'Evangelical Methodism is regarded as a heresy by the Pope,......

The Original Zelig

From Dr Robert Kaplan Sir: Matthew Parris is not quite right in saying that Trebitsch Lincoln met Hitler (Another voice, 28 July). In fact, they came within a few minutes of......

They Shall Not Pass

From Mr Basil G. Morley Sir: For those like myself who continue to be harassed by television licensing, and John Woodward (Letters, 4 August) in particular, Simon Foot, of the......