28 JUNE 2003, page 26

The Silence Of Space

From Alwyn Rea Sir: Paul Johnson (And another thing, 21 June) suspects that 'there is no such thing in our universe as total silence', but the most elementary research before......

Doctors' Dilemma

From Dr Jeremy Stocker Sir: Universities are not the only public institutions to suffer the distorting effects of 'research' and the need to publish (Rachel Johnson, 'Publish or......

Aspirations And Laws

From Dr Eamonn Butler Sir: Rod Liddle ('Crippling burden', 21 June) makes good points on the Disabled Persons Act, but he underplays the essential hypocrisy of it. Like other......

That's A Lot Of Sewage

From Mr Robert Butterworth Sir: I enjoyed Mark Steyn's article ('Others can do the caring', 21 June). There can be no doubt that some of the NGOs operating in disaster......

Boyish Bard

From Mr Trevor Lyttleton Sir: I was fascinated to see your City editor, Christopher Fildes, waxing poetic in your correspondence columns (21 June). I still recall the following......

Comic Confusion

From Mr Tim Footman Sir: Deborah Ross (Restaurants. 14 June) may know her sausages, but she is confused about matters of real importance. Desperate Dan was in the Dandy, not the......