24 SEPTEMBER 2005, page 21

Our Vanishing Hospitals

From Gill Ib Sir: In 1909 my great-grandfather C.H.E. Croydon built and gave the Croydon Cottage Hospital to the people of Felixstowe. It consisted of ten beds and the......

From William Kelley

Sir: Ross Clark regrettably neglects to mention an important benefit afforded by local hospitals, viz. they limit the spread of infection. We are now in an unfortunate situation......

Firing On Ambulances

From Emma Williams Sir: Rod Liddle (‘Why do we tolerate intolerance?’, 17 September) writes that he has ‘heard no reports of Christian or Jewish combatants firing on Red......

Still Royal, Still Ducal

From Peter Westgarth Sir: Contrary to press speculation (The Spectator’s Notes, 17 September) the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award has no plans to change its name or remove reference......