17 OCTOBER 1981, page 18

The Ugly Face Of Sweden

Sir: As a disillusioned Swedish citizen, I am a happy reader of Andrew Brown's accurate and clear-sighted reports (e.g. 3 October). It is symptomatic of the political climate in......

Shady Lady

Sir: Who is this strange Teutonic female that George Gale has conjured up, called LiIli Burlero (10 October)? The song is properly known as Lilliburlero', the title coming from......

Land Not So Benighted

Sir: Mr Richard West in his review of Barbara Greene's Too Late to Turn Back (3 October) is unfair to Liberia. It was not a Liberian who sued me for libel when I published......

The Chilean Experience

Sir: In his letter (3 October) replying to my article 'The Chilean miracle' (19 September), Peter Urbach asks if there are any countries in which monetarism has worked without......

Wrong Prophet

Sir: James Cameron's 'Trans-Arabia' review (3 October) indicates that he does not know his subject too well. He refers to the Islamic call in his penultimate paragraph as 'God......

Islamic Social Justice

Sir: James Cameron in his review of Among the Believers (3 October) writes: 'Never theless the reflection returns constantly to Naipaul, as it does to everyone who travels......