8 MAY 2004, page 32

Torture Is Wrong

From Guy Herbert Sir: Alan Dershowitz's own views (Letters, 1 May) are scarier than those attributed to him by Paul Robinson. Professor Dershowitz appears to be saying that......

The Case For War

From Nigel Famdale Sir: Frank Johnson, in his otherwise astute article on Iraq, argues that only the Left believes in going to war against horrible regimes that do not threaten......

Prescott's Elastic Belt

From John Hayes MP Sir: John Prescott, in his prickly response to Rod Liddle (Letters, 10 April), repeats the government's standard defence of its unpleasant neglect of......

My Lambasted Latin

From Peter Knight Sir: I was sorry to read of your contributor Harry Mount's apprehension that he might not remember sufficient Latin to satisfy the Oxford examiners (Letters,......

From Professor Dennis Wood Sir: I Agree Entirely With Harry

Mount — indeed, in my experience, one is far more likely to find good Latin being written on the Net than in most British Classics departments. The 'Grex Latine loquentium'......

Unfair To Vitamins

From Christopher Booker Sir: With respect to my editor, Dominic Lawson, I fear that both he And Matthew Parris are missing the point of vitamin supplements and herbal renaeditis......

Osmosing To Britishness

From Stephen Mendes Sir: David Lovibond is wrong to claim that 'the burgeoning ethnic minorities cleave to their languages, dress, way of life and, most importantly, their......