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Hard Tax Facts

From Mr David J. Kidd Sir: Bruce Anderson (Politics, 15 July) approves of the Tories abandoning the pledge to cut taxes. Had the opposition announced that the Bank's......

Waddesdon's Style

From Mr Robin H. Mills Sir: I was dismayed to read Michael Keyte's comments on the restoration of Waddes- don Manor (Letters, 8 July). The property is owned by the National......

Duchy Original

From Mrs Muriel Sheridan Sir: As a Cornishwoman, I agree with some of the observations Petronella Wyatt made about the county and its people (Singular life, 24 June). The Celtic......

Service Without A Smile

From Mr Jeremy Taylor Sir: Charles Wheeler (`The barmy army', 8 July) must be right when he claims National Service didn't make any of us who did it happy. Obligatory soldiering......

From Professor Alan Truelove Sir: To Charles Wheeler's...

ways of evading National Service, one could add teaching in a state school (1958 onwards). Also, unlike other countries, the UK did not punish those who emigrated — at least not......

Awful Due

From Mr Tom Reid Sir: I am surprised that there should be any mystery about the identification of what Lord Chalfont refers to as Lord lenkins's awful club (Letters, 1 and 8......

Baldwin's Modesty

From Mr J.B. Paul Sir: Peter Porter's review of Michael Davie's Anglo-Australian Attitudes (Books, 1 July) is bound to encourage a spirited reaction in some of your Australian......