2 AUGUST 2003, page 27

From Auriol Reid Sir: Leo Mckinstry Surely Must Be...

his case. My husband and I spend most of our holidays in France and recently paid £50 a night for a simple château hotel in north-west France without any luxuries — we did not......

Hubristic Saddam Hussein

From Anthony G. Brown Sir: Paul Robinson's otherwise insightful piece (Sword of honour', 26 July) on the Confederacy's having visited calamity on itself through hubris reached a......

From Ed Spiess

Sir: I am quite accustomed to the continuing bigotry towards those of us who live in the states identified as the 'Old South'. It is so old and trite that it is barely worth a......

Leave Our Hearts Alone

From Christine Smith Sir: Dear, oh dear, you boys do get your knickers in a twist on our behalf! It is very sweet of you to think that we are too stupid or perhaps 'naive'......

Mutually Assured Admission

From Stuart Mott Sir: Charles Spencer's article on 1970s public school life (Arts, 19 July) beautifully described the era and greatly reminded me of a similar situation at my......