8 APRIL 1978, page 18

Pakistan Under Zia

Sir: In his article, 'Bhutto Betrayed', published in the Spectator on 25 March, Mr George Hutchinson found the Lahore High Court guilty of lack of integrity and impartiality......

Failure

Sir: Richard Ingrams must have fallen asleep while he watched the Boat Race. Or else he has started to sacrifice truth to rhetorical effect. Or, more likely still, he is playing......

The Cossacks

Sir: The claim that Domanov's Cossacks took virtually no part in the war (Notebook, 18 March) does not tally with the experience of British Liaison Officers (BLOs) with the......

Teaching Standards

Sir: I was interested in Vernon Bogdannt, 5 statement in 'Education for the real worla' (25 March) that 'the eleven-plus . . • vi a : also a monitoring mechanism since it......

Tarragon

Sir: In your 11 March issue Marika Hal l ' bury Tenison suggested tarragon was tin gt available to be grown from seeds. 1 V 1 ,1 experience in our herb garden is that tn......

Irish Joke

Sir: I have just heard your corresponcl e , nt Patrick Cosgrave say on RTE radio in tn e course of an interview about his book 011 , Mrs Thatcher that she (Mrs T) and Ene cv......