14 AUGUST 1993, page 20

The Better Half

Sir: Naim Sullivan writes that my use of the phrase 'minorities like women' is incorrect because 'women comprise exactly half the population' (Letters, 7 August). This is......

When The Going Was Good

Sir: In the course of suggesting that all our post-war ills stem from Attlee's Labour government and the Beveridge reforms, Simon Heffer has some nice things to say about us......

Letters A Joke Too Far

Sir: I used to think that Sir Alfred Sherman was just a figuie of fun when he dabbled in Balkan affairs. There are indeed some touches of the familiar comic figure in his last......