Men At Arms
From Mr David Todd Sir: Following the change in world order after the end of the Cold War, a reassessment of the role of our armed forces is perhaps due. While we can be......
From Mr Charles Watson Sir: The National Army Museum ('how
to militarise your child', 24 March) was the brainchild of Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, KT, who will perhaps mainly be remembered for being responsible for putting down the......
From E.s. Gardner Sir: Niall Ferguson (`the War Against The
nation', 24 March) does not say how old his sons are. It may encourage him to know that the sevento nine-year-old boys at a local primary school are beginning to choose books......
Unkindest Cut
From Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall Sir: I am afraid that your abbreviation of my article (`The case against Guthrie', 24 March) has unbalanced it, since I originally said far......
A Teacher Replies
From Mr John Turnbull Sir: I enjoyed Leo McKinstry's polemic CA tale of two inspectors', 17 March), but he was clearly swept along by his own enthusiasm. Perhaps he thought he......
Crying Wolf
From Mr Chris Smith Sir: What a good job that nobody believed the man who, according to Michael Vestey (Arts, 24 March), burst into Orson Welles's studio during a broadcast in......
Black-metal Preachers
From Mr Mikael Johani Sir: It might make D.J. Taylor (`The Church Quiescent', 3 March) happier to know that Christianity and Jesus are not the only subjects of ridicule in the......