6 FEBRUARY 1993, page 24

A Lesser Evil

Sir: Your editorial 'Shifting sands' ( 23 Jan- uary) was sadly misleading. Why should Washington adopt identical criteria towards all and every UN resolu- tion? Such blind......

A Bit Late Now

Sir: So Charles Moore finds it 'a little sad' that a Conservative government seems happy to agree to the destruction of St Bartholomew's Hospital (Another voice, 9 January).......

The Virtues Of Shin

Sir: Your cookery expert, Jennifer Pater- son, displays her ignorance of meat cuts in her recipe for steak and kidney pudding (Food, 2 January). Rump steak, unless perhaps as......

Irish Confusion

Sir: If President Clinton accepts Claus von Bulow's invitation (Letters, 30 January) to reflect on the position of the government of Ireland, it may help to clear some of the......

Nourishing Image

Sir: Your spasmodic correspondence (Let- ters, 30 January) regarding the slightly indelicate subject of Maggie's Nipples recalls a boyhood visit to Sunderland where the twin......

Mammon And Blarney

Sir: The Blessed Virginia (creeper), Bot- tomley who may have been an inspired pre- fect and captain of her school hockey team, has swallowed the Tomlinson Report on NHS......