Unfair To Islam
From Mr James McDougall Sir: There is nothing unfamiliar in Mark Steyn's article (`The war between America and Europe', 29 December), but a great deal that is unfortunate. The......
Barry's Bad Taste
From Councillor John Whelan Sir: I find the description of parking wardens as 'vindictive black bastards' offensive (Diary, 15/22 December). Barry Humphries may be a national......
Rae's Way With Dons
From Mr Ian Hamilton Sir: In his article about Oxford University (Decline and fall', 29 December), Felipe Fernandez-Armesto regrets that 'the old methods, which used to supply......
Canniest Of Candidates
From Amy Stroud Sir: Bill Penn (`The semi illiterates', 5 January) reveals his own ignorance of the media marketplace if he does not realise that graduates from 'breeze-block......
100 Years Of Solitude
From Mr Benedict King Sir: We are not all impoverished by the government's library policy ('An axe to the roots of our culture', 15/22 December). A couple of months ago, as I......