Bombast In Beijing
Sir: David Tang is right (Diary, 16 August) that Zhang Yimou, the choreographer of the Olympic ceremony, produced ‘maniacal... bombast...’. Mr Tang suggested Pyongyang as a......
Compensation Culture
Sir: The award of £4.5 million to the footballer Ben Collett mostly consists of lost potential earnings. Rod Liddle (Liddle Britain, 16 August) is worried not by the amount but......
Confrontation The Only Way
Sir: I deeply admire Philip Bobbitt’s writings on constitutional orders and counter-terrorism, but his essay (‘A portent of perils to come’, 16 August) was off the mark in......
Missing Words
Sir: I have no doubt that Matthew Parris (Another Voice, 16 August) will be delighted to hear that the word smirr , meaning drizzle, is a Scots word which has by no means fallen......
Carbs Vs Cars
Sir: I enjoy Rod Liddle but my 13-year-old grandson points out a flaw in his recent piece (‘Green taxes are witless nods to fashions’, 9 August). He notes that, pace Liddle, it......
Friendly Bombs?
Sir: While I respect the right of John Mustoe (Letters, 9 August) to call my article on Vientiane ignorant and offensive, I suspect I am not alone in thinking that those two......
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