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Allied Atrocities

From Mr David J. Kidd Sir: Re Professor Vincent's letter (7 August) about the Germans' natural ten- dency to atrocity': George Orwell records in his wartime diary for 21......

Darwin's Origin From Professor Stephen Jones Sir: I Am...

to Hugh Lawson-Tancred for his generous review (Books, 31 July) of Almost Like a Whale, my attempt to update The Origin of Species. However, I must dis- claim any credit for the......

Massage Solution

From Mr Nicholas Lunt Sir: I am a non-executive director of a high- ly successful chain of 'specialist massage' parlours here in Brussels. One of my main non-executive tasks is......

Slavic Squiggles

From Mr Christopher Butler Sir: No self-respecting Baltic or Slavic lan- guage would be without its diacritics (Mind your language, 7 August); largely, it seems to me, because......

A Good Reputation

From Mr Wynn Wheldon Sir: Some years ago my father, Huw Whel- don, found himself sitting next to a German broadcaster at a large international televi- sion bash in New York. The......

Breach Of Confidence

From Mr Alan Rusbridger Sir: I was surprised to read Stephen Glover's detailed, if inaccurate, account of Martin Walker's resignation from the Guardian (Media studies, 7......

From Mr David Kirke Sir: Re Gill Versus Taki: To

avoid further abuse of timber we would be happy to arrange a duel between your two petits garcons. Considering their affectation of fearless sportsmanship, locomotives from......