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Sir: It used to be thought quite proper to promenade with a neatly folded copy of the Times in the left hand. Is there not now a danger that people will simply assume one could......

Voice Of Euthanasia

Sir: In his article on the forthcoming legis- lation of voluntary euthanasia in Oregon ( The killing fields of Oregon', 19 Novem- ber), Alasdair Palmer quotes a Professor Rita......

Assistant Midwives

The heading over John Simpson's article . I-low the KGB freed Europe' (5 November) is confusing and so is the theory that the secret police in the Soviet satellites engi- neered......

Dissatisfied Customer

Sir: The meaning of my article concerning General Rose last week was distorted by various additions (`Built up and knocked down', 19 November). I did not write that LETTERS......

If The Cap Fits

Sir: Perhaps A.N. Wilson would draw com- fort from his hatred of baseball caps were he to know they are popularly known as IQ reducers (Diary, 11 November). The simple act of......

Tired Legs

Sir: Mr Keating does well to laud the late blossoming of Graham Gooch's batting career (Sport, 19 November) since, on the figures presented, whilst it took Gooch 15 years to......

The Other Diana

Sir: A.N. Wilson revealed an unaccustomed lapse from his normal level of scholarship in his Diary (19 November). It was not Topham Beauclerk who divorced his wife (née Lady......