See Of Westminster

Sir: I welcome the appointment of Abbot Basil Hume as Archbishop of Westminster. I feel, however, that the writer of your 'Notebook' has been less than fair in describing the......

Catholic Faith

Sir: Most Catholics are not likely to be distressed by the flamboyant self-righteousness' of Mr Stuart Reid, which is 15 . L. Daniel's (January 31) interpretation of his article......

All Guilty?

Sir: As a Christian, I was nodding agreeMent with Alan Brien's article 'Crime and guilt', and thinking what unexpected people turn out to hold the same opinions as oneself,......

Fall Of Empire

Sir: Simon Raven's view of the causation of the fall of the West Roman Empire is entertaining and perceptive. However, it is also a little one-sided. Bureaucracy and......

Western Decline

Sir: The symptoms of smallpox and bubonic plague have not changed since the Roman Empire, nor have the symptoms of political decay and corruption, two diseases which did more to......

Rhodesia

Sir: The letter from Mr Leonard W. Newman of St Albans, Herts, in your publication of January 31, 1976, is such a travesty of the facts that its content, in all fairness, can......