18 OCTOBER 2003, page 36

Israel's Retaliation

From Judith Rona How refreshing to read the good sense expressed in your editorial about Syria's terror sponsorship (11 October). United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373......

Not So Gentle Men

From Dr Craig Gerrard Sir: Michael Henderson is so right to imply that football has much to learn from rugby, a sport which in his words 'abounds in goodness' (Sport, 11......

Lunch, Please

From Nick Herbert Sir: I fear the fetid air in Blackpool may have affected Peter Obome's usually sound judgment. His implication that Reform's criticism of the Conservative......

Fiercely Privet

From Michael Cockerell Sir: Frank Johnson (11 October) quotes lain Duncan Smith telling a television interviewer that in opposition Mrs Thatcher was derided in the media as......

Vices And Devizes

From John Stott Sir: David Lovibond tells us that drugs and drink have turned Devizes into a place of incoherent rage (Town and out', 11 October). I have lived in Devizes for......