Reports Of My Death

Sir: I was astonished to read in John Michell’s review of Michael X: A Life in Black and White (13 September) that I died 35 years ago. Michell states that I went to Trinidad to......

Not A Defence

Sir: Theodore Dalrymple’s good sense seems to have deserted him in glossing over the seriousness of the charges against Professors Meadow and Southall (‘In defence of David......

Just Our Lidl Joke

Sir: Dot Wordsworth wonders (Mind your language, 13 September) why foreign restaurants don’t consult a native speaker before publishing a menu in English. I have the same......

Village Cretins

Sir: The disease and deformity described by William Clarke (Letters, 13 September) were most likely the result of chronic iodine deficiency common in southern Europe, especially......

Liberal Regime

Sir: Ross Clark’s complaint about Tyne and Wear Metro (Labour’s punishment freaks are hounding honest citizens, 6 September) is unfair and overstated. First, you can book......

Joining The Dots

Sir: Following Dot Wordsworth’s article on pronouncing surnames (Mind Your Language, 6 September), what about Pritchard — how many people with the name rhyme it with Richard,......

Long Reigns

Sir: There is an even more obvious example of a long-reigning monarch than Emperor FrancisJoseph (Letters, 13 September). Louis XIV was King of France from 1643 to 1715. C.D.C.......