Honest Stockman
Sir: I am sorry that Tom Bethell from Washington considered it appropriate to refer to the Stockman affair as a 'crucifixion' (21 November), and still more that he thinks he,......
Colonial Power
Sir: In Hong Kong (the subject of articles on 31 October and 21 November) those who have lived there for some time usually state that the sources of power in the Colony in......
A Little Bit Of Butter
Sir: Dr Gould is correct (7 November) — the truth is that nobody yet knows whether the kind of fat we spread on our bread makes any difference to our chances of surviving into......
German V Sign
Sir: May I correct a small error in Mr Woodhouse's review of Albert Speer's book The Slave State (14 November). The designations VI (for the flying bomb, not the rocket) and V2......
Terrorism, Right Or Left
Sir: Caroline Moorehead's review of Claire Sterling's The Terror Network (14 November) is a mixture of misrepresentation and conceit. Moorehead claims that Sterling's book is......
In Good Faith
Sir: The generous and easy-going malice with which A. N. Wilson accuses me, by insinuation, of plagiarism (14 November) hardly allows for debate. Simply for the record I would......
Missing Manuscript
Sir: It appears, judging from one sentence in your remarks (Notebook, 14 November) about the difficult business of how to include women when writing about man in general, that......
Tactless
Sir: Richard West is indeed correct to note (21 November) that the names of railway locomotives are not always appropriate. One Spanish ambassador, himself a railway enthusiast,......
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