19 NOVEMBER 2005, page 22

Why Children Need Us

From Mary Marsh Sir: In attacking charities such as the NSPCC, the RSPCA and Cancer Research UK (‘Bullying for charity’, 12 November) Guy Adams also harms the beneficiaries.......

Not Yet The Business

From Geoffrey Sampson Sir: In his enthusiasm about the trend for students to choose business-studies courses, Leo McKinstry (‘Young people are the business’, 12 November) never......

Tyranny Of ‘necessity’

From Harold Adams Sir: As the Parliaments of Great Britain and Australia grapple with their anti-terrorism legislation (Leading article, 12 November), our respective political......

Shelley Said It

From Christopher Lush Sir: Mark Steyn (‘It’s the demography, stupid’, 12 November) attributes the quotation ‘Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world’ to Anatole......

Over-age Drinking

From C. J. Chilvers Sir: I thought you might be interested in this amusing instance of the increasing nannyism of our government. I visited my local supermarket this afternoon......

Body And Soul

From Professor Sir Michael Dummett Sir: Paul Johnson says, ‘Our souls have existed before space and time’ (And another thing, 12 November). Since Paul Johnson is known to be a......