17 AUGUST 2002, page 24

Unfair To Major

From Professor John Studd Sir: Max Hastings's article (The hounding of country folk', 10 August) was accurate and timely, but why was there a need for the gratuitous insults......

From Mr Jason Dack Sir: Max Hastings Lavishes Praise On

the Blair government, but what are this government's specific achievements? If you think that crippling the police service by pursuing an anti-racist witch-hunt and sucking up......

Stereotyping Iran

From Mr Majid Ghahremani Sir: I was distressed to see, in a prominent magazine such as The Spectator, Mark Steyn CA war for civilisation', 10 August) assailing the Islamic......

Patten's Foibles

From Mr Henry Keswick Sir: Commissioner Patten's meddling in the affairs of Israel and Palestine (Letters, 10 August) is bad news for the ordinary people of both states who......

Don't Run Off With The Eu

From Mr Richard A. Heddleson Sir: In an otherwise excellent article, Bruce Anderson (A new special relationship', 10 August) makes two points with which I must take issue. The......

Strong Constitution

From Miss Mary Ellen Synon Sir: Simon Nixon (`Bum wrap', 10 August), though admirably sceptical about any new Euro-constitution, gets in a tangle when he looks to America's......

Free At Last

From Mrs Pauline Grove Sir: Nicholas Coleridge's article (Where have all the grannies gone?', 3 August) caused a few laughs in our household. Only the previous day a son,......