13 JULY 1996, page 25

Dismal Economics

Sir: Alan Watkins (Diary, 29 June) thinks that a Labour government would probably run into a sterling crisis after a couple cif years. I have no comment on that, but he also......

A Treaty Too Far

Sir: How happy the Chinese would be if it were true, as Michael Sheridan states, that the basic frontiers between China and Rus- sia were settled by the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk......

Prague's Sunnier Side

Sir: I was surprised to read the unnecessari- ly alarming comments of John Russell (Let- ters, 6 July) regarding the pleasant and beautiful city of Prague. My wife and I, an......

Dotty. Broker

Sir: Nigel Johnson-Hill (Letters, 6 July) says he has calculated Dot Wordsworth's age at /5 exactly' and wishes her a happy birthday. He arrives at this conclusion by noting......

Letters Not So Gay In Leeds

Sir: Anne McElvoy provides an informative survey of Robert Hayward's analysis of the homosexual effect on the possible outcome of the next general election (`The vote that dare......