Malan Is An Anti-racist
Sir: As a South African liberal, I regard both Rian Malan and Ken Owen with the highest affection and respect. However, Owen is completely wrong and Malan completely right in......
Liddle's Hypocrisy
Sir: I write as an inmate of Rampton from March 1993 to October 2004, and can only conclude that Rod Liddle's likening of John Sweeney losing his rag at a Scientologist (Liddle......
Dreaming Of Br
Sir: Matthew Parris (Another voice, 26 May) asserts that `few of us would now dream of going back to British Rail'. Many of us dream of little else. Those among us, for example,......
Powell's Poll
Sir: I was glad to read Allan Massie citing Anthony Powell (Life and letters, 26 May) as evidence that novel-writing is supposed to be painstaking. The late B.A. Young, for many......
The Wrong Bird
Sir: According to Cressida Connolly, reviewing Rosie Boycott's Our Farm (Books, 26 May), Mistress Boycott is interested in everything, including why robins' eggs are blue. There......
Draining The Meters
Sir: Please tell Theodore Dalrymple (Global warning, 2 June) that councils could easily provide car-park meters that give change. The trouble is each machine would need a float......
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