Latest Letters

  • Lessons from the very poor
    Published: 3 February, 2011 • ON a positive note: in a slum outside Mumbai, an illiterate mother  sitting in her tiny one-room flat, which is home to 10 people, is asked how she feels about...
  • Long live Thatcher
    Published: 3 February, 2011 • WITH regard to the article about Rupert Murdoch (John Gulliver, January 27), we need more company owners like Rupert Murdoch to sort out Bob Crow and other trade...
  • Party rotten at the core
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • YOUR article on Lib Dem plans for the next election showed just how cynical and untrustworthy they have become (‘Cynical’ plan by Lib Dems to...
  • Parking a problem? Buy a smaller car and use it less
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • ONE must sympathise with Susan Kirby if she is unable to use the parking spaces near her house (We face time-consuming search for a place to park, January 21). From...
  • At-risk park workers are our guides to the great outdoors
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • GILLESPIE Park Ecology Centre staff jobs are at risk. I am so worried for them as that park needs staff to run it, to help prevent vandalism and to help all of us...
  • Society hopes for good relations with St Anne’s
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • THE Soho Society welcomes the constructive comments from Stephen Albrow (Letters, January 21).  Individuals may have their own opinions, however the Soho...
  • Photo opportunities and memorials
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • AS Mark Newberry (In the cause of freedom, January 21) suggested there were perhaps public objections to Nelson’s memorial in Trafalgar Square in the 19th...
  • Olympic success and beyond
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • BLOOMSBURY’s first area action group took place in November and focused on the arrival of the Olympics to the area.  Many residents aired their views and...
  • Tories’ priorities are wrong on axing services
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • THREE-QUARTERS of the £52million cuts planned over the next two years by Westminster City Council will hit front-line services to older people, children and...
  • Miscarriage of justice
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • TOM Foot’s article on the renewed effort to overturn the conviction of James Hanratty is overdue (Hanratty – the campaign to clear his name...
  • Camra backs publicans in defence of the Grosvenor
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • PROPERTY developers appear to be intent upon destroying the Grosvenor Arms pub, a prized local amenity in this part of Mayfair. What makes the Grosvenor Arms unique...
  • FORUM: We can’t stand still on air quality crisis
    Published: 28 January, 2011 by MICHAEL COFFEY As the capital continues to choke on toxic emissions, calls on motorists to make an Olympic effort to switch their engines off  IN the run...
  • ‘Roamer’ initiative will fill the roads with more traffic
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • THE worst time to cycle or use public transport is during commuting hours. Who would dream of trying to extend those conditions into the whole day? Islington...
  • Higher tax rates would drive away our top-earners
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • THE basic rate of tax in the mid-1970s was 38 per cent, rising to 85 per cent, and I believe another 10 per cent could be added if it was unearned income...
  • Miscarriage of justice
    Published: 28 January, 2011 • TOM Foot’s article on the renewed effort to overturn the murder conviction of Hanratty is overdue (Hanratty – the campaign to clear his name continues,...