28 FEBRUARY 1981, page 18

Better Things To Do

Sir: The trouble with participatory or active democracy (Ferdinand Mount, 21 February) is that political activists by their very nature are a little odd. They are eccentrics......

Skua's Revenge

Sir: Jo Grimond's view from Finstown Manse of snipe probing his lawns (14 February) conjures up a rustic idyll which is far from the harsh realities confronting wildlife in the......

Social Work In Europe

Sir: In poking fun at the International Federation of Social Workers Liaison Committee for Social Workers in the European Community (Notebook, 14 February), Alexander......

Good Jolt

Sir: I wonder how much Ian Willmore's letter (14 February) on Paul Johnson reflects your readers' views? I myself have more than once been within a whisker of writing to ask......

Intolerance

Sir; Mr Perry uses strong language (Letters, 7 February) to dismiss Mr Marnham's detection in Israel of a religious justification for actions or laws which might otherwise be......

Terms Of Abuse

Sir: , Edward Mortimer (24 January) identifies The New Republic as `right-wing Zionist'. It is pro-Zionist, even Zionist, assertively so. But on no one's actounting, least of......