6 JANUARY 2001, page 20

Banal, Biased Bbc

From Mr Jonathan Miller Sir: Stephen Glover writes (Media studies, 30 December) that all decent people should support the BBC' before going on to be surprised that it is......

From Mr C.r Cheeseman Sir: The Situation Is Far Worse

than depicted by Stephen Glover. The flagship current affairs programmes of the BBC (Naughtie excepted) are not as routinely anti-Tory as practically all of their 'comedy'......

Growing Up Too Quickly

From Mr John Prust Sir: The rap music phenomenon ('Your children are rap victims', 30 December) is an illustration of the proverb, 'Clergymen's sons always turn out badly.' Tim......

The Value Of Life

From the Ambassador of the Netherlands Sir: Your leading article of 2 December concerning the Bill on euthanasia passed by the second chamber (lower house) of the Netherlands......

Sport Of Queens

From Mr Paul Healy Sir: The Queen's action in dispatching the injured pheasant would certainly not find disapproval with her predecessor, Queen Elizabeth I (Country life, 9......

Over-zealous

From Mr David Evans Sir: Re your leading article (9 December), it is true that in America there is a strong civic sense inculcated in immigrants. How ever, when I recently......