Unanswerable
Sir: Terence Kealey asserts that universi- ties are irresponsible and that they answer to nobody Mow academics waste money, 14 November). He is wrong. They are answerable to......
Meter Man
Sir: Some of the mischievous spirit of the monkeys in the huge mural at Saint Hill has obviously entered into Roy Kerridge. His description of a few hours spent at the home of......
Subsidised Slaughter
Sir: Alexandra Artley (Letters, 21 Novem- ber) is right — ritual slaughter is primitive and repugnant. But it may be the price we have to pay for that precious thing, reli-......
Better Tribute
Sir: Since racing is about betting, a fact that Lester Piggott fully understood, I think he — a taciturn man — would prefer, to all the scolding and tearful cant waffled out by......
Extra Hell
Sir: Congratulations to Auberon Waugh (Another Voice, 21 November), who may have brought off a notable first by provok- ing a defence of the Caterham Trained Soldier — a figure......
Sir: Dr Terence Kealey Is Right. University Tenure Was So
appallingly abused during the post-Robbins expansion that it is now difficult to defend. His survey of the devastated academic landscape is, none the less, far too brisk. He......
My Word
Sir: Auberon Waugh is extremely fond of the word `pilger'. In his excellent article this week he uses it three times. Please, Sir, what does it mean, and why? Julian Bharier......
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