13 JUNE 1998, page 31

Sir: Katie Grant's Excellent Article Remind- Ed Me Of Some

graffiti I encountered while studying at Edinburgh University in 1992. `TOFFS GO HOME', an irate Scot had scrawled on a lavatory door in the student union building, beneath......

Sir: I Was Astonished By The Opening Para - Graphs In

Nick Farrell's otherwise excellent piece about the carbon monoxide in Henri Paul's blood. At the time he wrote this piece he had never seen a copy of the script of the pro -......

Scotland The Brave

Sir: It is wholly unsurprising that there should be widespread hatred of the English in Scotland CA very Scottish death', 30 May). After all, most of the government front bench......

Sir: I Would Hope That A Thousand Dirks Would Leap

from their stocking-tops after Katie Grant's offensive article about Scot- tish attitudes to the English. To suggest that racism is rife in Scotland because of one murder case......

Sparks Fly

Sir: I have just read an article by Martin Stannard about Muriel Spark (Books, 6 June) and her alleged Jewishness. The arti- cle states that I said, 'Muriel Spark should make no......

Sir: The Recent Article On 'scots Versus The Rest' Does

no more than reflect the market- ing of Rob Roy and Braveheart. If Holly- wood confined itself to science fiction and Old Testament epics the UK might be a happier place to live......