5 APRIL 2003, page 32

The Craven Bbc

From Captain Jonathan Tokeley Sir: Three cheers for Mike Dewar (A breathtaking achievement', 29 March) and Mark Steyn (War is purgatory', 29 March)! Yes, the BBC coverage has......

From Mr Paul Kellogg Sir: I Read Colonel Dewar's Article

with great interest. I agree that war is a dirty, messy business. However, there seems to be some misjudgment on the part of the US military. Dispatches of 28 March speak of an......

From Mr Mattyn Partridge Sir: There's Precious Little To...

about in the press these days, so I suppose one ought to he grateful for the belly laugh provoked by Mike Dewar's uplifting comparison between the coalition's progress in Iraq......

Yarns Of Yesteryear

From Mr Richard Bruton Sir: Max Hastings ('When boys were boys', 29 March) rightly sings the praises of G.A. Henty, the prolific writer of Victorian schoolboy adventure stories......

The Oldest Hatred

From Mr Kenneth Strachan Sir: Melanie Phillips (The new antiSemitism', 22 March) is to be congratulated for once again highlighting this malevolent and potentially catastrophic......

From Mr Richard Hoare Sir: When Melanie Phillips Used To

write for the Sunday Times, I found her articles invariably intelligent and thought-provoking. Sadly, her recent articles on antiSemitism fall far short of her previous......