Part-time Heroes
Sir: I noted with interest the article about ‘lazy firemen’ (‘Britain’s firefighters are underworked and inflexible’, 26 July). I am Lincolnshire’s Chief Fire Officer with more......
Bird Brained
Sir: I was distressed to read Aidan Hartley’s account in Wild life (26 July) of how he dealt with what was presumably a ground hornbill pecking at the window of his new house —......
Online Vitriol
Sir: Toby Young is correct to expose the vitriol thrown at him by readers responding to his articles by email (Status anxiety, 2 August). He gives a few explanations as to why......
Come Friendly Bombs
Sir: Robert Beaumont neatly explains that Laos is a great place for buying suits and enjoying a pizza, but his comments about the American bombing of that country are ignorant......
Inappropriate Levity
Sir: Since my last visit to Beijing in 2006, when all with whom I had contact were later arrested, imprisoned and several tortured, I have been following the persecution of......
Russell Was Agnostic
Sir: Matthew Parris refers to ‘the atheist Bertrand Russell’ (Another voice, 2 August). I clearly remember hearing Russell, on the radio, describe himself as an agnostic.......
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