Prison Teaches Discipline
From Caroline Kirk Sir: Dr Theodore Dalrymple obviously works in a prison which holds some pretty nasty people (Second opinion, 15 May). But do nasty people deserve to die? I am......
Tackling Burma
From Derek Tonkin Sir: In 'Burma Jungle' (15 May) John Bercow and Caroline Cox provide a harrowing account of human-rights abuses against the non-Burman national groups in......
In Search Of Youth
From Michael Rice Sir: Your indefatigable correspondent from the ancient world, Peter Jones, has got Gilgamesh slightly wrong (15 May). The king did not go 'down to the......
Transcending Aristocracy
From Sir Peregrine Worsthome Sir: Robert Salisbury, in one respect, has taken hold, with a characteristically firm grip, of the wrong end of the stick (Books, 15 May). No, I am......
Don't Buy Their Wine
From Jeremy Deedes Sir: What is to be done about the quite ludicrous mark-ups which many London restaurants are applying to the price of their wines? Multiples of four, five or......