2 DECEMBER 2000, page 37

Gordievsky's Record

From Mr Nick Djivanovic Sir: It is nice to see that Mr Gordievsky (Letters, 18 November) has lost none of the powers of sophistry and deception that are the trademarks of a good......

Home Rule For England

From Mr Derek M Bartlett Sir: Your ingenious front cover (25 Novem- ber) illustrates to perfection the duplicity with which each successive government since 1973 has approached......

Help Is At Hand

From Mr Richard Dykes Sir: No one in Royal Mail would argue with the view that Mount Pleasant, which was built in the 1920s, needs a major overhaul, as do two other out-of-date......

Threat To Legal Aid

From Mr Stanley Best Sir: In publishing my letter under the head- ing 'Pass the parcel' (18 November), there was an unfortunate printer's error. At the conclusion of my letter I......

Not Dissing Islam

From Mr David Watkins Sir: William Dalrymple (Letters, 25 November) has clearly not read 'Lepanto'. Chesterton depicts his hero's adversaries as cruel but brave, and by their......

Sir Gerald To The Rescue

From Sir Philip Goodhart Sir: Paul Johnson is right (And another thing, 11 November). I was in one of the last aircraft to land at Heathrow before the great fog of the 1952/53......

Fantastic Fabrications

From Mr Philip Hensher Sir: I see no point in continuing an argu- ment with Michael Horovitz (Letters, 28 October, 18 November), but he must not pretend to be 'quoting' me when......

No Conspiracy

From Mr Bob Shennan Sir: I was intrigued to read your Radio col- umn 'We'll miss you, Andrew' (Arts, 25 November). May I offer two observations which could serve to clarify the......