11 JANUARY 2003, page 24

From Mr Peter Janisch Sir: Andrew Roberts Has...

effectively that politicians can only be judged by the standards of their times. The game of 'what if', played in terms of today's norms, may be amusing — but it is also......

An Ill-tempered Rant

From Mr Eric Taylor Sir: I suppose I am a kind of counterpart to Herb Greer (Letters, 28 December 2002), since I am a Brit living in the US. I can assure him there are many......

Pogroms? What Pogroms?

From Count Nikolai Tolstoy Sir: Among the historical 'facts' upon which Mr Farrel Lifson (Letters, 28 December 2002) relies in his summary account of the foundation of Israel is......

From Mr Anthony Pilling Sir: Andrew Gimson's Interview...

trade union hero', 28 December 2002) with Jack Jones was a fine example of why Labour and socialism can never work in the long term. It is all about pulling down the successful......

From Mr John Hare Sir: In 1999, While Searching For

wild Bac trian camels near the Arjin mountains that border the northern escarpment of Tibet, I was bitten by a Kazakh herdsman's Tibetan mastiff on the calf of my left leg. That......

The Book What I Wrote

From Mr Sheridan Morley Sir: A critic should never complain of criticism, and Kate Grimond (Books, 4 January) is of course at liberty to find my memoirs (Asking for Trouble,......

Set In His Sexist Ways

From Sian Vallis-Davies Sir: Is there perhaps a connection between David Lovibond's perception of professional women as 'girlies in skirts' (`Rock of ageism', 4 January) and......

Out Of Step

From Mrs Indira Ondhia Sir: I would like to correct Boris Johnson on his description of the Bhangra Dance (Diary, 4 January). You lower your hands to waist-level and pretend to......