30 DECEMBER 2000, page 23

`other Ranks' Blair

From Mr R.H. Wilson Sir: On reading Peter Burnand's article (`Carry on, Sar' Major', 18 November) on his time at Sandhurst, I was reminded of my time at Mons Officer Cadet......

The Listening Man

From Mr Adam Thorpe Sir: Contrary to Philip MacCann's version (Books, 9 December), I was fully awake during his chat into the wee hours with Malcolm Bradbury in my Leipzig hotel......

Spartist Conspiracist

From Mr David Loshak Sir: Even in your fun-filled Christmas issue, it's odd to find a parody of Dave Spart. John le Carre's rant against the internation- al drugs companies......

Not So Clever

From Mr Robert Love Sir: The true 'fatal error' (Taal error', 9 December) was made not by Mark Palmer's computer but by its owner on the day he bought it. It beggars belief that......

No To Eu And Pr From Mr Giles Conway-gordon Sir:

Hugo Young is very confused (William Hague's winning idea', 9 December). He acknowledges the significance and popular- ity of William Hague's view that the power of the state......

In Defeat, Ingratitude

From Mr David Ramsay Sir: In his well-reasoned article 'The right to say no' (9 December), Daniel Hannan dis- cusses and then rejects the theory that other EU countries resent......

Epistolary Request

From Mr John Coldstream Sir: The late Dirk Bogarde, a keen reader of your organ, was described in its pages by Matthew Parris as one of a group of famous men who were 'braver......