31 MAY 2003, page 29

How Major Blew It

From Mr Frederick Forsyth Sir: For John Major ('Why we must veto this alien constitution', 24 May) to urge a referendum now on the destiny of this country with regard to the EU......

Children First

From Mary Marsh Sir: Your leading article (17 May) asks why the principle of respect for the rights of the child — 'whatever they may be' — should be enshrined in the European......

'fascist' Iq Tests

From Fiona Pitt-Kethley Sir: Sean Thomas's article ('Are whites cleverer than blacks?', 24 May) accepts somewhat blindly The Bell Curve's claims about race and IQ. Most of the......

From Mr Christopher James Sir: It Is Not Only Over

race and IQ that there may be obfuscation. Men's brains are significantly larger than women's. In fact, research at the University of Ulster some years ago found twice as many......

Fear, And Pity, The Bulls

From Mr Nicholas Luard Sir: In his engaging description of a visitor's view of the corrida, Daniel Hannan (Bullfighting, 17 May) makes a couple of common mistakes: that the......

From Si,' Anthony Montague Browne Sir: I Thought That The

issue of 'bullfighting' was happily dead. It appears, on the contrary, to be very much alive, with your 'taurine correspondents' happily writing away and, of course, not failing......