15 MAY 2004, page 34

Does Nanny Know Best?

From E. Bruce Shaxson Sir: Of course Toby Church is right (`More nanny, less tax', 8 May). How did we ever come to swallow the notion that the NHS consumer has an inalienable......

When Torture Is Taught

From Jonathan Mirsky Sir: Why do American soldiers and 'contractors', and perhaps British troops as well, torture prisoners, especially in the ways shown in the notorious......

Subsidising The Blacks

From Charlie Methven Sir: In last week's Diary, Stuart Reid became the latest of several Spectator journalists to write, as yet unchallenged, in support of Lord Black. 'Black......