1 APRIL 1995, page 27

Poison Pen Letter

Sir: Your leader (25 March) seems to assert that Saddam Hussein attacked Halabjah with hydrogen cyanide. Since this is only reliably lethal in confined spaces, the intel- ligent......

Letters The Good Old Days

Sir: If I were to seize 97.5 per cent of Paul Johnson's earnings, he would summon the police. In his time John Freeman confiscat- ed likewise his countrymen's earnings. Yet......

It's A Pleasure

Sir: Allow us to echo Simon Winchester's distaste for the increasing amount of lewd, offensive aild insulting information appear- ing on the rnternet and commercial on-line......

Great Gores Of Today

Sir: I was intrigued to read that Mr Gore Vidal and his blood cousin Mr Albert Gore Jr might be my kinsmen (Letters, 18 March). If it is of any help, I would like to put the......

Difficult To Refuse

Sir: Lord Bethell's mention of Arundell (`Gong but not forgotten', 18 March) is particularly apposite as 1995 is 400 years after the battle of Gran in 1595. Sir Thomas Arundell......