Glad Morning

Sir: You in England may find little for optimism in 1979, but I can assure you that the outlook is rosier, far, in Scotland. We expect to win a resounding 'Yes' vote in the......

Latin Lapse

Sir: 0 tempora! as Auberon Waugh might say. Not the least depressing aspect of our contemporary decline is that we now seem to be confronted with the first generation of......

Moss's Merit

Sir: What is Patrick Marnham on about in his running lament against Robert Moss? This Moss seems to appear in respectable places — intellectually speaking — such as Encounter......

Peter Finch

Sir: I am completing a biography of Peter Finch and I am interested in any letters, photographs and information pertaining to him during his last years — from 1967 to 1977. All......

Liberal Aspirations

Sir: Why does Mr George Gale, in his article of 6 January, acknowledge the existence of the Liberal Party only to begrudge it its very name? In fact, the Liberal Party provides......

Identity Cards

Sir: Mn. Clements (Letters, 16 December) is surely quite right — identity cards are not the answer to terrorism and illegal immigration, particularly in an age of freedom of......