21 JANUARY 1984, page 18

Poor Farmers

Sir: In your editorial of 10 December you wrote: `if there is one scandal for which this Government may be remembered, it is the way in which agriculture has been grotes- quely......

Wise Work

Sir: Mr Wheatcroft in his review (31 December) of the new edition of the Carter and Pollard Enquiry fails to mention the invaluable contribution of Fanny Ratchford (then......

Jews In Transjordan

Sir: I read with great interest Robert Silver's article on Jordan (`Water under the bridge', 31 December). It is a pity that he failed to mention that long before the rise of......

Sir: In All The Correspondence About The Elgin Marbles, No

one seems to have considered in what condition they might now be, if they had been left in Greece. M. Gill 8A Walton Street, Walton-on-the-Hill, Tadworth, Surrey......

Money For Marbles

Sir: The recent history of the title to the Marbles has been well explored in your columns. I wonder that your correspondents did not look further back. They would then have......

Sir: Gavin Stamp (letters, 7 January) Mentions The Winged...

in the Louvre failing to attract the interest of Miss Mercouri. I would suggest that the magnificent Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in East Berlin might also come under......

Pot Luck

Sir: I've just thought of a new game to liven up the long dark winter evenings — guess what you are eating for supper from the ingredients description on the pack. For example,......