Cold War Of Words
From Mr Andrew Alexander Sir: The Polish ambassador (Letters, 27 April) is 'astonished' at my claim that the Cold War was the fault of Poland (The Soviet threat was bogus'. 20......
Winning Nhs Formula
From Mr Nicky SamengoTurner Sir: I was both surprised and vaguely amused to find Bernie Ecclestone's name on a shortlist of people who Martin Vander Weyer (Nice bloke, no......
Selfish Silvio
From Mr Jeremy Dummeu Sir: The reason Italians voted for Berlusconi (Maggie, not Musso', 20 April) is that they are fed up with ineffective coalition governments and want......
Dam Personal
From Elisabeth Lopez Sir: While I found The God of Small Things unreadable, I applaud Arundhati Roy's use of her prominence to further the fight against a dam that will......
Taki's Pleasure
From Mr Tom Phillips Sir: I know Taki from the Big Bagel. We had a famous row at Elaine's over the use of an alleged cellphone. Nevertheless, I am fond of him and the dispute......
Flying Free
From Mr Peter Broxton Sir: The term 'bird' as denoting prison, mentioned by Theodore Dalrymple (Second opinion, 27 April), is an old one that derives from the cockney rhyming......