13 JANUARY 2001, page 34

Colonial War Heroes

From Mr Anthony Furse Sir: Regarding the excellent article by Bunny Smedley (The forgotten patriot', 30 December) about her American Loyalist cousin, Joseph Galloway, your......

Multiple Minority Syndrome

From Mr Tom Burkard Sir: Thank you, dear Boris, for showing me the error of my ways ('In defence of Sir William Macpherson', 6 January). Like any good Telegraph reader, I had......

Jesus The Jew

From Mr Ronald Irving Sir: The gracious Christmas greeting by the Queen to her subjects refers to 'the Bible, the Koran and the sacred texts of the Jews and Hindus'. Her......

Prosaic Epic

From Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones Sir: Mr Peter Jones (Ancient and modern, 16/23 December) finds E.V. Rieu's translation of the Iliad to be 'brilliant'. The gifted American scholar Adam......

Porn Is For Pleasure

From Mr Geoffrey Cone Sir: Stephen Glover (Media studies, 9 December) objects to pornography because it is 'liable to damage the human spirit' and it suggests that women 'want......

Verminous Vulpines

From Mr John Oliver Sir: Bruce Anderson (Politics, 30 December) states 'if there had been no incentive for farmers to conserve foxes over the last four centuries, the fox might......

Queen As Castrator

From Mr Stewart Trotter Sir: In the woodcut that Paul Healey writes about (Letters, 6 January) Queen Elizabeth I is not about to kill the stag, nor has it 'fallen exhausted at......

Wacky Baccy

From Lt Col (Retired) J. C. Wakerley OBE Sir: In my pensioned-off wisdom, I felt much obliged to James Delingpole for what I initially considered to be an instructive,......