Blair’s Cowardly Invasion
From J.G. Cluff Sir: In your leading article (13 May) you list a litany of Mr Blair’s failures without mentioning the Iraq war. How can you leave out his dismal role in......
From Glynn Downton
Sir: I would not wish to belittle Sir Cliff Richard’s compassion in apparently recognising that Tony Blair was suffering as a result of his decision about the Iraq war (‘It......
Grand Old Salesman
From Andrew Roberts Sir: I wonder whether Paul Johnson is right to say that the modern practice of selling peerages for cash began under Lord Salisbury (And another thing, 13......
Hell Is Europeans
From David Mayger Sir: What is this to-ing and fro-ing among your correspondents about Americans with or without passports? Yes, there are more things to do and see here than in......
Selwyn The Scapegoat
From D.R. Thorpe Sir: In his review of 1956: Power Defied by Peter Unwin (Books, 13 May) Douglas Hurd wrote that Selwyn Lloyd, the foreign secretary during the Suez Crisis,......
Reid The Red
From Jonathan Mirsky Sir: When I heard Mr Blair warning what would happen if he stood down at the wrong moment, it sounded familiar. Then I recalled that the Prime Minister’s......
Prescott Impressed
From Sir Jeremy Beecham......
Sir: Rod Liddle Was Right To Be Critical Of The
press coverage of John Prescott’s affair (‘Bogus morality’, 6 May) but wrong to dismiss his contribution to the government and the Labour party. While Mr Prescott ruefully......
E N Grave D Printing
E ngraved – or die-stamped – printing, in which the text is printed from a copper die and raised from the paper, is the best type of printing there is. From shops in Bond Street......
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