29 APRIL 2000, page 25

Pc Gremlins

From Mr Herbert Thornton Sir: Frank Johnson (I'm a soul man', 15 April) doubts that a machine equipped with artificial intelligence can possess a soul. I should have thought......

Loo Role Reversal

From Mr Alastair Craig Sir: Regarding Jasper Gerard's article (Absolutely potty', 22 April), as a tea planter of many years' experience among the Tamils of south India, I have......

Vidal's Statistics

From Mr Gore Vidal Sir: I was delighted to read Francis Wynd- ham's appreciation of Dawn Powell's novels (Books, 15 April). Better late than never, as Dean Swift used to say.......

Luceing The Plot

From Mr John Carlisle Sir: Stephen Glover (Media studies, 15 April) is right — `A lot of people got Mugabe wrong in 1980! I recall a pre-Rhodesia election meeting of......

Letters Nobility's Obligations

From Lord Grenfell Sir: Boris Johnson's portrayal of me (Another voice, 15 April) is good knock- about stuff designed to induce a few cack- les, but a far cty from reality.......

Annan's Inaccuracies

From Mr C.D.C. Armstrong Sir: Lord Thomas of Swynnerton describes Paul Johnson's denunciation of the late Lord Annan as 'quite uncouth' (Letters, 15 April). Lord Thomas's......