Letters
Letters: Nothing is more triumphantly British than marmalade
Ins and outs of early doors Sir: Tim Shipman’s article on the reasons Andy Burnham may go for an early…
Letters: Peter Hitchens is wrong about Ukraine
Peter’s denial Sir: In his article ‘The warmongers’ (24 October) Peter Hitchens is too extraordinary. In fact, General Sir Roland…
Letters: Don’t knock the Salvation Army
In defence of Trump Sir: Your lead article ‘Like the Roman’ (17 October) praised some of Trump’s early achievements but roundly…
Letters: Prisons are for punishment
Little cheer Sir: I found the headline on Tim Shipman’s excellent article (‘Tories’ reasons to be cheerful’, 10 October) more…
Letters: Don’t worry about AI novels
A right old mess Sir: Although Andy Burnham seems to be turning to Old Labour, what he is really turning…
Letters: Brits should love Canada
Fire is a leveller Sir: It was disappointing to read Fin Taylor’s Diary (26 September) in which he reflected upon…
Letters: Why should non-Christians care about the Bible?
Reform’s high bar Sir: Michael Gove’s concerns about Reform lacking the talent and an adequate policy framework to ‘prove their…
Letters: Why Douglas Murray should attend the St Paul’s rave
The need for Mammon Sir: Douglas Murray is right to wince at Sadiq Khan’s gloating over the partnership at St…
Letters: ignore the farming doomsters
Despoiling Suffolk Sir: There can be few better summaries of government attitude to Britain’s countryside than James Vitali’s: ‘Something to…
Letters: What will I do without Gentleman’s Relish?
Lessons in education Sir: I read Michael Gove’s thought-provoking piece (‘Revenge of the Blob’, 29 August) with great interest. It…
Letters: The C of E is making all the wrong choices
People power Sir: Quentin Letts’s article (‘Plastic parsons’, 22 August) underlines the dire state of the Church of England today.…
Letters: universities have always been a little crazy
Universities’ challenge Sir: I have spent more than three decades in academia and so Lara Brown (‘Alma madder’, 15 August)…
Letters: Cambridge University is not a victim
After Arday Sir: Lara Brown scathingly condemns Cambridge University’s acceptance of Jason Arday’s credentials (‘The fabulist’, 8 August). That it…
Letters: ‘The voice of a beleaguered Middle England’ – readers say goodbye to Rod
My all-time hero Sir: I was gutted to learn of the early death of one of my all-time heroes (8…
Letters: the insanity of Labour’s attack on private schools
Bad education Sir: Lara Brown (‘Class warfare’, 1 August) lays bare the baleful consequences – intended and unintended – of…
How to approach women successfully
Rights and wrongs Sir: As one of those centre-left weirdos who reads your magazine to see what the other side…
Letters: Bring back hat wearing
That’s the spirit Sir: What a wonderful young man Michael Simmons is (‘Sick of it’, 18 July). His stubborn refusal…
Letters: bring on devolution
The right kind of devolution Sir: Your leading article ‘The Burnham Question’ (11 July) suggests that the putative prime minister’s…
Letters: The British Empire was a force for good
Unjust William Sir: It is a bad idea for schools to be recommending their pupils listen to William Dalrymple’s podcast…
Letters: Burnham is a master brand-builder
Telling stories Sir: As a filmmaker by training and a marketer by profession, I couldn’t agree more with your leading…
Letters: Why the left loves Larkin
An irresponsible drama Sir: Britain is faced with a fabricated panic which has prioritised personality over policy. Keir Starmer has…
Letters: Keep AI out of the Church
I Spy Sir: Overt political allegiance and class snobbery may indeed have thwarted Toby Young’s undergraduate ambition to be ‘tapped…
Letters: many are waiting for the Tory comeback
Con’s the word Sir: In his article ‘Neo con’ (6 June) Michael Simmons claims that neoliberalism powered this country into…
Letters: arise, Sir Rod!
Keeping their promises Sir: Matt Ridley is right to assert the conservation role of gamekeepers (‘Ruffled feathers’, 30 May). They,…
Letters: Reform and the Conservatives need each other
Greco-Roman wrestling Sir: Rod Liddle suggests that some, perhaps many, middle-class voters on the right or centre right are deterred…
