17 MARCH 1984, page 21

Sir: Gavin Stamp Is A Bit Hard On Times Obits.

Within the last year, readers have been told that Aleric Rich made his name in the penal world in 'the heady days of open borstals', that `Taufiq Wahby, the only Kurd to have......

Letters

Porton Down's syndrome Sir: I enjoy a weekly read of the Spectator, and with particular amusement (in case you are inclined, from what follows, to dismiss me as a mere......

Brandt Reports

Sir: Gavin Stamp took the Times to task ('Curious priorities', 3 March) for its failures in the obituary department. Quite so: it's a dying art. However, Mr Stamp does not......

Sir: Commenting On The Animal Rights Movement, Peter Levi...

21 January) says: 'With moral evolution and acquisition of wealth, with all its choices, things can get exaggerated.' But why has he missed the real link? The point is surely......

The Press

The sin of Oman Paul Johnson J ournalists are often obliged to feel ashamed of their 'profession, but I can- not recall anything quite so distasteful as the vendetta against the......