13 APRIL 1996, page 28

Divine Rights?

Sir: Professor Linzey argues CA Christian shield for animals', 6 April) that animals have rights. Rights pre-suppose duties. My Lockean LETTERS rights to life, liberty and......

Foreign Affairs

Sir: Andrew King (Letters, 6 April) usefully reminds journalists that the squabbles of their trade often bore readers. Nevertheless the recent changes to the Observer raise an......

Pope V. Wesley

Sir: Come off it, Paul Johnson. How can St Peter's, the seat of the Roman Apostasy, be the greatest church in Christendom (And another thing, 6 April)? That honour belongs to......

Going Dutch

Sir: Your correspondent Justin de Blank may not have changed his surname but he has lost nothing of his Dutch boorishness in commenting upon Nigella Lawson's antecedents. One......

Two Boos

Sir: I must finally express exasperation over the ongoing utter disrespect shown by cer- tain of your writers towards President Clin- ton, his wife, and occasional members of......