31 MAY 2003, page 30

From Si,' Anthony Montague Browne Sir: I Thought That The

issue of 'bullfighting' was happily dead. It appears, on the contrary, to be very much alive, with your 'taurine correspondents' happily writing away and, of course, not failing......

Praise For Stroppy Poles

From Paul McNamara Sir: Andrew Gimson (Tole position', 17 May) is absolutely right to suggest a Polish–British alliance within the EU. French hubris, and Jacques Chirac's rant......

Two-way Persecution

From Dr E.G. Klepfish Sir: It may perhaps come as a disappointment to your correspondent Emma Williams (The reek of injustice', 17 May), but I shall not dwell on her......

From Mr Musical Kasmani

Sir: Emma Williams's article was a fair and balanced account of the situation in Palestine. Her piece brings home the plight of the Palestinians: the appalling hardships they......