11 MAY 2002, page 31

Teenagers Are Dehumanised

From Mr John Papworth Sir: Perhaps Phil Craig (`Reign of terror', 4 May) is being a trifle glib in his assessment of male teenage hooliganism. The biggest difference that I can......

From Mr Edward Brandler

Sir: Phil Craig's experience will be depressingly familiar to many commuters. I, too, confronted three youths who were being similarly boorish on a Friday-evening train from......

I Say When I Go

From Mr Oliver Letwin, MP Sir: In her very readable and otherwise accurate article about me last week CA tough moderate', 4 May), Petronella Wyatt reported that the burglar I......

Diabolical Tobacco Ads

From Mr Guy Be/lairs Sir: Your leading article (4 May) on tobacco misses a vital ethical distinction. As John Stuart Mill pointed out, anyone has the right to do something......

From Mr Victor Black

Sir: Your excellent editorial on the banning of tobacco advertising quotes government figures suggesting that a ban would save 3.000 lives a year. As the number killed on the......

Immigrants Then And Now

From Mr Michael Gasson Sir: Philip Hensher, in his review of The Hitler Emigres (Books, 27 April), asserts that immigration of a foreign culture eventually enriches our own. In......

I'm No Zanu-pf Crony

From Mr John A. Bredenkamp Sir: I am writing to express my concern about your recent article (`The cowardly whites who help Mugabe', 13 April) that includes a number of......