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Academe And The State

From Dr Alan Stacey Sir: The hostility of Oxford University to Lady Thatcher, described by Terence Kealey (`She's too good for them', 21 August), has been at a far greater cost......

Basta A Basta

From Signor Carlo Ungaro Sir: In his article 'Foul!' (14 August) Michael Henderson has elegantly, elo- quently and succinctly expressed the thoughts of a great many people on......

Pc Zealotry From Mr John Dennehy Sir: Sadly, I Have

to tell Alan Cochrane that neither California nor the burgeoning Peo- ple's Republic of Scotland can yet lay claim to being the 'most politically correct society on God's earth'......

From Mr Nicholas Dunne Sir: Alan Cochrane's Description...

land's polluted political atmosphere brings to mind Sir Thomas Roe's estimation of Danzig in 1629. There he found 'a mixed government where suspicion and jealousy are wisdom'.......

Cant And Cannabis

From Mr Harry Ambrose Sir: So, Matthew Parris is tempted to vote Liberal Democrat because of Mr Charles Kennedy's promise of an open review on whether to legalise cannabis......

Attracting The Lefties

From Mr A. Clive Elliot Sir: `Remote Control' (21 August) demon- strates beyond doubt that the BBC is domi- nated by the Left, a training ground for Labour spin doctors, but......

Blair's Holiday Touch

From Mr J. Peter Rauch Sir: I have scoured your Classifieds — Hol- idays & Travel — to find a cheap holiday in Italy, to no avail. Even the cheapest advertised was considerably......