5 MAY 2001, page 29

The Case For Flogging

From Mr lain Cassie Sir: Clive Stafford Smith (Flow kindness is killing the death penalty', 28 April) is correct to identify the reason for the decay of the death penalty as......

Slavery In Mauritania

From Baroness Cox Sir: William Cash's inaccurate and misleading piece ('The great slave trade scam', 28 April) will serve to prolong the suffering of the people of Sudan by......

Stiffy's Skinning

From Mr David Roberts Sir: Andrew Roberts (The dog didn't do it', 28 April) refers to Stiffy Byng's unfortunate run-in with PC Eustace Oates. As recorded in The Code of the......