Metal Basher

Sir: I am writing to disagree strongly with your article on Pop Music entitled 'Heavy metal racket' (9 May) by Marcus Berk- mann. I am an 18-year-old student who pri- marily......

Cheaper Than Suing

Sir: Noel Malcolm is entitled to hate my book, Downfall: The Ceausescus and the Romanian Revolution (Books, 23 May) but he's not entitled to accuse me of being an apologist for......

Sir: Your Editorial 'crisis, What Crisis?' (25 April) Is...

to Africans and clearly fails to appreciate the realities of aid to Africa. Most of the aid directed to Africa is real- ly 'basic aid'. That is, aid intended to build roads,......

Good Game

Sir: Your competition setter Jaspistos seems to be cracking up. Or has he been hitting the Aberlour sauce again? He wants us to write a poem (Competition, 23 May) beginning with......

Letters Out Of Africa

Sir: I have read with interest your leader of 25 April and Lady Chalker's response (Let- ters, 9 May). You underestimate the aid a misleading euphemism for government-......

A Croak From The Pond

Sir: As one of the frogs in the 'foyer' described by Michael Lewis ('Oh not to be in England', 23 May), I should welcome his suggestions on how to deal with members of the......