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From Mr Andrew McKie Sir: In his piece prompted by, but scarcely referring to, 'quite a reasonable book about Birtwistle' (Books, 26 February), Philip Hensher declares, 'Like......

Letters Pain Leading To Prosperity

From Mr Allan Massie Sir: May I make some observations on Daniel Hannan's smug and superficial account of the 'strange death of Christian Democracy' ('Neither Christian nor......

From Ms Diana Gregson Sir: I Have Just Read The

article 'It's time to scrap the Millennium Don' (12 February) and find that it describes Cambridge 50 years ago. Have these young writers no respect for tradition? Diana Gregson......

Prison Doctor, Heal Thyself

From Mr and Mrs Paul Edwards Sir: As the parents of a prisoner, we suggest Theodore Dalrymple's characterisation of prisoners as members of a brutalised sub- class (`Killing......

Portraits Of The Divine

From Dr Sheridan Gilley Sir: I wonder if A.N. Wilson has missed the point of the National Gallery exhibition, Seeing Salvation, in remarking that `by mak- ing falsifiable, and......

Remote And Ineffectual

From Mr Bijan Omrani, Mr George Baily, Ms Catharine Gulick Sir: Professor Mayr-Harting (Letters, 19 February) claimed that 'the academic pro- fession . . . devotes itself to......