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Character Assassination

From Annie Machon Sir: As the partner of David Shayler, the former MI5 officer and whistle-blower, I read with interest Peter Obome's article (Politics, 21 August). I......

The Viceroy's Verdict

From John Osman Sir: I read with great interest the well-measured review by my former BBC colleague, Michael Vestey, of the Radio Four programme The Last Viceroy (Arts, 28......

Perils Of Illegibility

From Harry Mount Sir: Due to my incomprehensible scrawlings on a proof, it wrongly emerged in my review of Alan Watkins's Brief Lives (Books, 28 August) that William Rees-Mogg......

Pre-waugh

From Tony Petry Sir: Hugh Massingberd may think that 'Bright Young Things' is a 'journalistic solecism' (Letters, 21 August), but the phrase antedates Vile Bodies. In The Age of......

Fossil Fuel Shortfall

From Austin Spreadbury Sir: Nick Reeves is right to be pleased that renewables could meet 21 per cent of Europe's energy needs (Letters, 28 August). But if we can't burn fossil......