11 NOVEMBER 2000, page 34

From Alistair B. Cook, Obe Sir: Middle-class Parents In...

Western European countries may well be pleased that the state provides a successful educa- tion for their children for which they pay out of their taxes, as Rachel Johnson......

Reluctantly To War

From Mr John Fraser Sir: Defending Ireland against the charge of declining `to take its place in civilisa- tion's vanguard against Hitlerism', Mr Barry Cusack (Letters, 28......

From Mr Henry Algeo Sir: Rachel Johnson Seems To Be

unaware that in one part of the United Kingdom there is no independent sector in educa- tion. Here in Northern Ireland, where we still retain a selective system of education,......

Letters A French Education

From Mr Richard Tracey Sir: I read Rachel Johnson's article ('What we can learn from Europe', 28 October) with interest as my wife and I are educating our two boys, aged seven......