5 JUNE 1982, page 20

The Economic War

Sir: Surely no one in his senses ever doubted that the size of the budget deficit and the amount of money about are important economic variables (Tim Congdon, 29 May). What they......

Sutherland's Churchill

Sir: Arthur Marshall, in his review of Roger Berthoud's book about Graham Sutherland (29 May), has made some strictures about my parents, Winston and Clementine Chur- chill,......

Don't Sneer At Fiji

Sir: May I add my comments to those of Michael Scott (Letters, 22 May)? When the Fiji units in Malaya were disbanded, a number of Fijis took up the option to con - tinue to......

Moral Choices

Sir: Peter Ackroyd suggests (15 May) that both Roy Jenkins and Edward Heath are guilty of hyprocrisy for rejecting capital punishment on moral grounds while they remain......

Letters

America's sacrifice Sir: I cannot agree with Christopher Hit- chens's conclusion that the alliance between Great Britain and the USA is a one-way street in which Great Britain......

The Queen Of Spades

Sir: Pushkin's The Queen of Spades does not, as your opera reviewer asserts, treat of mental breakdown (22 May) What it does is suggest ,strongly that where people (like the......