11 DECEMBER 2004, page 32

Clarke V. Clark

From the Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP Sir: Ross Clark is wrong to assert that the government exerts any influence over the value ascribed to exams in school performance tables......

The Class Of '98

From Dr Sheridan Gilley Sir: Jonathan Osborne (Letters, 4 December) misses the point of the 1898 exam paper, in dismissing it for teaching such outdated skills as the 'ability......

Cutting Edge Of Crime

From Ian Bennett Sir: Nicky Samengo-Turner ('New Labour's police state', 27 November) is not the only person unexpectedly to find himself in trouble over what he thought was a......

Service With A Sneer

From Edward Spcilton Sir: Gareth Lawrence's response to Mr Samengo-Turner's arrest (Letters, 4 December) betrays the sort of aggressive, officious thuggishness which has become......

The Uk's Wild West

From Mark Wilson Sir: The rosy illusion of prosperity in urban Ulster for which Leo McKinstry Mister is all right', 4 December) seems to have fallen is founded on a bloated and......