Sir: May I• Draw Your Readers' Attention To A Recent
euphemism for abortion used by Miss Polly Toynbee on Channel 4 televi- sion? Miss Toynbee's phrase was 'not carry- ing on with the pregnancy'. Note how this phrase — unlike the......
Sir: I Have Been Meaning To Write To Con- Gratulate
and to thank you for writing 'All you need is life' (17 June). My brothers were born with Down's syndrome in the 1940s. One is now 51; the other died in his 20s. I am deeply......
The Babykillers
Sir: Anne Applebaum's comments on the UN women's conference in Beijing were, for the most part, welcome and wise (Feminism: the final form of western Imperi- alism', 9......
Letters Civil Waugh
Sir: It puzzles me that Auberon Waugh finds nothing to admire in the work of Gilbert and George (Another voice, 16 September). I often think that their art is exactly like his......
Burnside Broadside
Sir: The content and innuendo of Kevin Myers's article (What you see is what you get', 16 September) on the 'tribal' charac- teristics of a number of Ulster Unionists, including......