Letters

Letters: How ‘Nick’ could save the Tories

14 June 2025 9:00 am

Dying wish Sir: As a 99-year-old with, presently, no intention of requesting assistance to die, I am struck by the…

Letters: Pride has taken a nasty turn

7 June 2025 9:00 am

Lionel is right Sir: Gareth Roberts’s piece (‘End of the rainbow’, 31 May) gave me pause to reflect. It’s not…

Letters: Britain sold its fishing industry down the river

31 May 2025 9:00 am

Hard reset Sir: Once again we must debate Brexit (‘Starmer vs the workers’, 24 May). The ‘reset’ agreement does give…

Letters: In praise of the post office

24 May 2025 9:00 am

Reeves’s road sense Sir: Is it stubbornness, denial, inexperience or some other agenda that prevents Rachel Reeves changing course in…

Letters: how to clean up ‘Scuzz Nation’ Britain

17 May 2025 9:00 am

Decline and brawl Sir: Gus Carter’s insightful portrayal of ‘Scuzz Nation’ (‘Streets of shame’, 10 May) is less of a…

Letters: Our private schools are China’s next target

10 May 2025 9:00 am

Ka-shing in Sir: Ian Williams highlights (‘Chasing the dragon’, 3 May) the degree to which the Chinese state has acquired…

Letters: the cruelty of the Supreme Court trans ruling

3 May 2025 9:00 am

Cruel intentions Sir: Rod Liddle (‘Let’s strike a blow for honesty’, 26 April) seems to have fallen into the same…

Letters: Bring back mutton

26 April 2025 9:00 am

Man out of time Sir: That Mary Wakefield left Rowan Williams ‘with my questions for the most part unresolved’ will…

Letters: Donald Trump’s messiah complex

19 April 2025 9:00 am

He’s not the messiah Sir: To Freddy Gray’s meticulous dissection of Trumpian chaos theory (‘Shock tactics’, 12 April) I would…

Letters: The case for ‘raves in the nave’

12 April 2025 9:00 am

Reality check Sir: While I share Mr Gove’s diagnosis of lodestar-less Starmerism (‘Cruel Labour’, 5 April), I cannot share the…

Letters: Where to find Britain’s best dripping

5 April 2025 9:00 am

Open arms Sir: The latest magazine (29 March) has two references to American military capabilities, from Rod Liddle and Francis…

Letters: The futility of net zero

29 March 2025 9:00 am

Not zero Sir: I was delighted to see your leading article about the impossibility of net zero (‘Carbon candour’, 22…

Letters: The romantic route to cheap flights

22 March 2025 9:00 am

Blood on our hands Sir: Paul Wood asks if anyone will be punished for the bloodbath in Syria (‘Massacre of…

Letters: Wokery is a form of dictatorship

15 March 2025 9:00 am

Democracy rules Sir: I share the sentiments of both Rod Liddle (‘Trump displays weakness, not strength’, 8 March) and Douglas…

Letters: Leave our soldiers alone

8 March 2025 9:00 am

Military farce Sir: Your leading article (‘The age of realism’, 1 March) argues that the government must invest in the…

Letters: American support to Europe has come at a cost

1 March 2025 9:00 am

Rules Britannia Sir: Your rules for national survival in the realist world which we are now entering (‘Get real’, 22…

Letters: The brilliant uselessness of art

22 February 2025 9:00 am

Wonderfully useless Sir: Michael Simmons overlooks some scandalous examples of frivolous funding right under his nose (‘Waste land’, 15 February).…

Letters: The real value of independent schools

15 February 2025 9:00 am

Strength of service Sir: Matthew Lynn and Steven Bailey (Letters, 1 February) are quite wrong to deplore the decline of…

Letters: The army that Britain needs

8 February 2025 9:00 am

Common ground Sir: Katy Balls asks ‘Lawyer or leader?’ (Politics, 25 January), but it became fairly clear which Keir Starmer…

Letters: What we lose when we lose our factories

1 February 2025 9:00 am

Chains of command Sir: Matthew Lynn is correct to emphasise the economic dangers of deindustrialisation (‘Not made in Britain’, 25…

Letters: The dangers of the ADHD ‘industry’

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Nothing left Sir: Rod Liddle is right to ascribe the establishment’s desire to suppress the truth in relation to grooming…

Letters | 11 January 2025

11 January 2025 9:00 am

Growing problem Sir: The first leading article of the year (‘Growing apart’, 4 January) points to the gap in economic…

Letters: Where to find the best negroni

4 January 2025 9:00 am

Free thinking Sir: Your leading article (‘Article of faith’, 14 December) appears to have forgotten the connection between rationalism and…

Steven Pinker: The inside story of my Covid ‘bio bet’

14 December 2024 9:00 am

Betting men Sir: The bet between Martin Rees and me that Matt Ridley recounts pits two kinds of scruples of…