18 JUNE 2005, page 18

Let Them Smoke Dope

From David Hockney Sir: Eric Ellis is way way off in his piece (‘The whingers of Oz’, 11 June). Why are the Australians angry? I would think it’s because the 20-year sentence......

School Choice

From Andrew Haldenby Sir: Michael Heseltine’s description of school choice — allowing parents to use taxpayers’ money to choose independent or state schools — as......

From Philip Feakin

Sir: If there was one thing that came out of the last week’s discussion it was that the Tory party really did reject someone who could have led it to victory, viz. Michael......

Bbc Balance

From Michael Cockerell Sir: I was glad that Charles Moore (The Spectator’s notes, 11 June) enjoyed my BBC documentary on the 1975 Common Market referendum. But in talking about......

Exam Pressure

From Aimée Schofield Sir: In his article ‘Stagnant Britain’ (28 May) Martin Vander Weyer wrote about what he calls the ‘dumbing down of A-levels’. I am 17 years old and am at......

Credulous

From Christopher Leadbeater Sir: Mark Steyn writes of ‘fraudulent stories about the Koran being flushed down a toilet’ and then goes on to repeat the incredible US claim as to......