Letters Dementia

Sir: I am amazed at the ignorance, or tactlessness, or perhaps both, of your editorial staff. Under the heading of the article 'Dementia and Mrs Thatcher' on page 39 of your......

Hurrah For The Tractor

Sir: Christopher Hitchens's article about manners and identities (`Mischievous Aza- nia', 21/28 December) reminds me of what a Russian academic told me about the first names of......

Perceived Wisdom

Sir: While I applaud Sebastian Faulks's campaign against current usage of the words 'perceive' and 'perceptions' (Tor what we are about to perceive', 21/28 December) on the......

Braudel

Sir: Paul Johnson is perfectly right about the overestimation of Braudel (`The media', 7 December). When his book came out in England, I pointed out that he had little knowledge......

Finished Abbey

Sir: I hope I can grant Peter Levi's wish (Books, 14 December) regarding the boy on the roof of Westminster Abbey, de- picted in the Bayeux Tapestry. He isn't holding on to the......

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