5 NOVEMBER 2005, page 22

Nuclear Hedge Fund

From Dr Jeremy Stocker Sir: Andrew Gilligan (‘A terrifying plan for nuclear strikes’, 29 October) is being unduly alarmist about the future of Britain’s small nuclear deterrent.......

Same Old Schools Policy

From David Woodhead Sir: Your leading article (29 October) is scornful of Labour’s vocabulary of school reform, in particular its use of the term ‘independent state schools’.......

Dying With Dignity

From Dr D.W. Wheeler Sir: Alasdair Palmer is right (‘Killing old people’, 29 October); sometimes we treat the elderly very badly and sometimes, but not always, geriatric wards......

Too Nice To Like

From Sir Peregrine Worsthorne Sir: In my memoir, Tricks of Memory , published as far back as 1992, after expressing regrets for that unfortunate Sunday Telegraph profile on John......

On The Defensive

From Nick Prest Sir: Writing as someone who has been in a senior position in the UK defence industry, I do not recognise the picture painted by Richard North (‘Europe is costing......