Museums Under Threat
From Professor Keith Thomson Sir: I am wondering what sensitive nerve I must have struck to cause Charles Saumarez Smith (Books, 19 January) so to misrepresent the essay that he......
Prisoners Of Their Prisoners
From Mr Robert Henderson Sir: The Americans have two hideous problems with releasing the Afghan POWs they are holding in Cuba. The first is obvious: such people will be utterly......
It's All Pale Green
From Mr Michael Smith Sir Paul Johnson asks (And another thing, 12 January) whether light is the natural state of the universe. The answer is yes, and the colour is green. The......
Legal Confusion
From Mr J. Alan Smith Sir: Robert Baker (`The wages of sex', 19 January) writes: 'There is a law in medical literature akin to the Newtonian law of thermodynamics, which is that......
They Also Sing. . .
From Mr Antoine Brumel Sir: It was heartening that Peter Phillips (Arts, 19 January) spent nearly half of his piece on the end of Starlight Express speaking of the members of......
Taylor's Half-dozen
From Pamela Taylor Sir: Frank Johnson (Shared opinion, 12 January) states that 'I have long believed 1940 to be the most important and interesting year in British history, and......
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