23 NOVEMBER 1996, page 40

No Support

Sir: I read with great interest the article by Tom Sutcliffe (`Modern Mary Magdalen', 9 November). I endorse many of the points that he makes, but he ignores a major area of......

British Aggression?

Sir: I note with sorrow the words of Mark Steyn (Arts, 9 November) that New York requires schools to teach that the Irish potato famine was a deliberate act of British......

Below The Belt

Sir: Paul Johnson is unwise to trade in insults against the Church of England (Let- ters, 9 November). If he stoops so low as to call it the Church of Sodom he might find that......

Not Promiscuous

Sir: Professional integrity demands correc- tion of the bizarre impression given by the reference to me as 'Doctor Promiscuity' (`The conferences: a postscript', 19 Octo- ber).......

They Were Told

Sir: While I do not disagree with the main argument advanced in Paul Johnson's arti- cle (And another thing, 16 November), I do take issue with his introduction regarding......

Downright Mad

Sir: Might I respond to Richard Lamb's considered, and Lindsey Platt's somewhat hysterical, criticisms of my 26 October article (Danger! New myth ahead') in which I expressed......