Monty

Sir: As a former adjutant in the RASC Sir John Waller (Letters, 19 July) must know that the Army has contingency plans for all 'worst possible cases', but these are not the same......

Home Care

Sir: There is no need to admit oneself to a madhouse or get into prison (Richard Vane, Letters, 19 July) to obtain rapid NHS treatment. All that is required is to stay at home.......

Letters A Case For Sanctions

Sir: Let me say that I agree wholeheartedly With the sentiments expressed in Bruce Anderson's article (Politics, 19 July). Of course we are all thoroughly bored with the......

Victorian Racists

Sir: Mr Keown-Boyd rebukes me (Letters, 19 July) for calling Victorian soldiers racist when they killed African enemy wounded after a battle on the grounds that it is......

Walnut Cake

Dearest Readers: I'm afraid you must have found my walnut and coffee cake (Food, 26 July) very strange indeed — I made two mistakes. There should have been 6 oz of roughly......

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