When Heath Was Right

Sir: Edward Heath is correct; Frank John- son is wrong (Shared opinion, 3 October). Munich was a disaster. Britain and France were far stronger vis-à-vis Hitler in 1938 than in......

Hidden Censorship

Sir: Although the Iranian change of heart over Salman Rushdie is welcome, the fact remains that the Rushdie affair has already inflicted tremendous damage on freedom of......

Red Devilry

Sir: Robert Hardman should be aware that Her Majesty has been badly advised in asso- ciating herself, however tenuously, with Manchester United ('More signings for Ma'am......

Russian Pancake

Sir: Jonathan Mirsky was off the point when he attacked Taki (Letters, 26 Septem- ber) for accusing the American journalist I.F. Stone of being a Soviet agent. Mirsky's rebuttal......

Letters Wanted: A Lead On Europe

Sir: Edward Heathcoat Amory concludes that it is futile to speculate why four million Tory voters abandoned John Major in 1997 ('Who stayed home?', 3 October). He says that......

Hemingway And Friends

Sir: Felix Pryor's disclosures about the Hemingway forgeries (The men who faked Ava Gardner's bra', 3 October) is fascinat- ing. Pryor is clearly well informed about archives......