16 SEPTEMBER 1995, page 32

Carnforth Canard

Sir: Vitali Vitaliev's article (The Russians are not coming', 26 August) struck a chord. Five years ago, I first visited Carnforth by train. The station was a picture of unre-......

We Are Not Cowards

Sir: Officers in today's German army are not cowards — much less the one I cited at the beginning of my article on the Bundeswehr (Tear of fighting', 19 August). In my inter-......

It's All Greek

Sir: In your issue of 2 September, you pub- lished an article under the heading of `Beware of Greeks bearing degrees' which looked at franchising agreements between United......

Non-nuclear Cricket

Sir: I was intrigued to see on the cover of The Spectator (2 September) that the explo- sive batting of Brian Lara is based upon e = mc 2 — an equation that tells us of the......

Freedom Food

Sir: Michael Sissons accuses the RSPCA of `trumpeting vegetarianism'. Such a stance would be a peculiar policy for the Society when in fact the RSPCA, as the world's leading......

Saving Paper

Sir: The NHS Executive Advance Letter (MD)6/95 on consultants' discretionary points, issued on 4 August 1995, states: 'In deciding payments, employing bodies should ensure that......