19 FEBRUARY 2000, page 30

From Professor Richard Swinburne Sir: In Your Article...

I was quoted as saying, in answer to the question 'What do you believe?', 'Well, of course it's all a game . . . what I actually believe is irrelevant.' The implication of the......

Betty Boothroyd

From Mr William Cash Sir: I would like to correct any possible mis- understanding over my article (12 Febru- ary). I did not intend to suggest that the Speaker, the Rt Hon.......

Letters

We dons do care From Professor Henry Mayr-Harting Sir: The authors of your article 'It's time to scrap the Millennium Don' (12 February) invite contributions to the discussion.......

From Lady Braybrooke Sir: I Was Interested To Read In

the article by William Cash that Lady Walston's parrot was given to repeating the phrase 'To hell with the Pope'. When I met this bird in the early Sixties, all I can remember......

Greene's Salad Days

From Dr Paul Hetherington Sir: Just after reading Mark Steyn's review of the film The End of the Affair (Arts, 12 February) I came across a short essay by Graham Greene that......

Burchill's Vile Bile

From Maria Niall Sir: This letter is to express my amazement at your choice of Diary writer in the form of Julie Burchill. Her attack (12 February) on the Catholic Church was......

From Mr Walter Hooper Sir: I Am A Catholic And

I am spitting mad. Why have you allowed Julie Burchill to insult the Catholic Church in such a mean and ignorant fashion? I have been a sub- scriber for many years and yours is......