Sir: Ex Post Facto Legislation Is Only 'in- Herently...
(Leading article, 2 June) where it (per Willes J. in Phillips v Eyre 1870 LR6 QB1 at 23) 'changes the character of past transactions carried out upon the faith of the then......
Facon De Parler
Sir: Ned Halley (Letters, 9 June) takes me and other contributors to task for using `infelicitous French idiom'. Although generally agreeing with George Orwell that one should......
High Low Collars
Sir: The concept that a high clerical collar indicates that its wearer is a Low Church- man is widely held even by Brother Gary's fellow clergy (Letters, 9 June). Hereabouts a......
Letters
Justice and war crimes Sir: On 31 March (The media) you pub- lished what was obviously a painfully reasoned discussion by Paul Johnson of the merits of the War Crimes Bill......
Mad French Cows
Sir: While the French accuse us of export- ing 'mad cow' disease, they appear to have overlooked its origins in their own country. Your readers are surely familiar with the......
The Other Wall
Sir: I read with interest Allan Massie's article in the issue of 12 May (`Stands Scotland where it did?'), in which he mentioned the prevalence of Scots planters in Malaya. As......
Titanticipation
Sir: In a recent issue (Low life, 19 May) Jeffrey Bernard gave it as his opinion that once you have seen two or three tits you have seen them all. Has he forgotten that the......
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