20 AUGUST 2005, page 20

Regime Change In Iran

From Ilan Berman Sir: Bruce Anderson (‘Let them build nukes’, 13 August) writes that neither military force nor sanctions are feasible means of rolling back Iran’s nuclear......

From Dov Midalia Sir: Yes, Bruce Anderson, It Is Dangerous

to try to stop aggressive fundamentalist terrorexporting fascists obtaining nuclear arms. It was also dangerous trying to stop Hitler. Dov Midalia Perth, Australia......

Death In Dresden

From Professor Colin Leach Sir: Andrew Kenny (Letters, 13 August) repeats the long-held belief that the bombing of Dresden caused more deaths than the atomic bombs on Hiroshima......

How To Grow Democracy

From Alan Williams Sir: In your leading article last week you highlight the problems when you say: ‘If the Shias, the Sunnis and the Kurds can resolve their differences ...’.......

Luddism And The Greens

From Michael Hanlon Sir: George Monbiot (Letters, 13 August) misses the point of my article, which is that the rock of modern environmentalism is infused with a thick......

British Isn’t Always Best

From Dr Christoffel Schoneveld Sir: Mark Steyn (‘All men are not equal’, 13 August) is very entertaining indeed. But as a Dutchman I feel somewhat put down by his pro-British......

From Elisabeth O’flynn Sir: Mark Steyn’s Article Reminded...

a Flanders and Swann song which was popular in the 1950s, the chorus of which went: The British, the British, the British are best; I wouldn’t give tuppence for all of the rest.......

Feasting On Perch

From Eric Cowell Sir: Simon Courtauld in his Food for Thought column (‘Perchance to eat’, 13 August) seems unaware that in the second world war, perch were caught and canned in......