Letters
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: 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…
My late husband’s insatiable appetite for ‘sticky willies’
Labour’s just deserts Sir: Last week’s leader hit the nail on the head (‘Desperate retreat’, 16 May). You have to…
Letters: it’s hard to undo dumbing down
Tales from the City Sir: Simon Jenkins’s article on Liverpool Street Station (‘Horror storeys’, 9 May) is inaccurate, and an…
Letters: Yvette Cooper for PM!
Bet on Yvette Sir: Were Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham or Wes Streeting to succeed Sir Keir (‘After Starmer’,…
Letters: the little-known role of liquorice in parliamentary history
Pennies pinching Sir: I agree with much of this week’s editorial, except for two points (‘Nunc dimittis’, 25 April). As…
Letters: what vegetarians get wrong
Flat broke Sir: John Power’s article on the property squeeze (‘Flatlined’, 18 April) identifies a symptom of a deeper problem,…
Letters: No, pensioners don’t ‘‘have it easy’
Same old Sir: In Michael Simmons’s otherwise excellent yet alarming essay on ‘Benefits treats’ (11 April), one sentence spoiled the…






























