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Medal Muddle

From Sir Anthony Kershaw Sir: You publish a letter (12 August) from Henry Keown-Boyd about foreigners who won the VC. Perhaps the best known was General Sir Adrian Carton de......

Educating The Educators

From D.V.R. Stotesbuty Sir: May I express my sincere thanks for the opportunity of reading Duke Maskell's article (The education swindle', 5 August)? It was a breath of fresh......

Death By Sanctions

From Andrea Needham Sir: John Laughland opens his piece on British foreign policy ('We are only obeying orders', 12 August) with a reference to the die-in for the people of......

Mad Moniker

From Mr Michael Carreck Sir: As Marcus Berkmann remarked (Arts, 12 August), perhaps more truly than he knew, the actress Calista Flockhart who plays Ally McBeal is most......

Bigotry And Genetics

From Mr Phil Rose Sir: I was interested to read R.S.F. Camp- bell's theory regarding the reasons behind Tiger Woods's success on the golf course (Letters, 12 August). I would......

From Mr Peter Armstrong Sir: Another Foreign Vc Was Won

by Lieu- tenant Thomas Dinesen, a Dane serving with the Canadian Black Watch, in 1918. Until this award, his sister, Karen, who had emigrated to Kenya in 1913, was treated with......