14 JUNE 2008, page 24

42 Days

Sir: Thank goodness for Matthew d’Ancona’s clarity of mind on 42-day detention (‘Jacqui Smith’s vote of confidence’, 7 June). People who want to be provoked will always find an......

Sir: Matthew D’ancona Writes As Though The Current...

regarding the locking up of suspects without trial are its first. But he knows full well that they are not and many concessions have been wrung painfully out of an executive......

The Other Side Of The Desk

Sir: Those who presume to judge ‘Who’s the worst PM?’ (Letters, 7 June) should reflect on President Kennedy’s deep dissatisfaction with the glib way historians had rated some of......

Blame Le Corbusier

Sir: Le Corbusier, whom Theodore Dalrymple accuses (Global warning, 7 June) of causing more damage to European cities than Genghis Khan, the Luftwaffe and Bomber Harris......

Irony Bypass

Sir: Is Paul Johnson (And Another Thing, 31 May) an American or has he merely had an irony bypass? Kingsley Amis’s tongue was never more firmly in his cheek than in his bravura......

Local Empowerment Denied

Sir: Leo McKinstry’s experience of failing to prevent a wholly unsuitable planning application in a neighbour’s garden (‘Naked greed meets Stalinist control’, 7 June) is sadly......