Latest Letters

  • Indifference
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • YOUR article on “littering pupils” sums up the seemingly intractable problem of seas of offensive litter left by local schoolchildren on Parliament...
  • First-past-the-post system violently skews result
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • FORMER Camden finance chief John Mills suggests the election in Camden produced a result which was the reverse of that obtained from the general election (Forum, May 20...
  • Remember, Labour lost the election with a good kicking
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • READING your May 20 letters and opinion columns has made it clear that I must have been living in a parallel universe since 1997. From my memory, Tony Blair was...
  • Unavailable
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • APART from using a reference book I have generally been unaware of shelves and book stock. I have been concentrating on checking specific titles, from reviews and...
  • Great team
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • I HAVE just visited Holborn, my much-cherished local library. Apart from the books the greatest resource that this library possesses is the staff. Over the years...
  • Drink up…
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • INSPIRED by a Camden Council spokesman’s response to Heath library protesters, I’d like to propose a drinking game. A drink can be consumed every time a...
  • Doomed!
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • I ENJOYED hugely Richard Osley’s account of his “unparalleled” access to the doomed Liberal Democrat general election campaign in Hampstead...
  • All is not lost
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • FRIENDS of Heath Library in Keats Grove, Hampstead, which include writer and publisher Nicola Beauman and journalist Ruth Gorb, are justified in their criticism of...
  • Lansley’s pledge
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • WE’RE pleased to see that new health minister Andrew Lansley has confirmed his pledge made before the election to save the Whittington’s accident...
  • Underground a vital service for Londoners
    Published: 20 May, 2010 • YOU report how maintenance and upgrade work on London Underground is to be brought back in-house (Weekend Northern line closures to be cut, May 20). Mayor Boris...
  • Still a long way to go on Routemaster
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • As members of the Surface Transport Design Forum, a group of older and disabled people hosted by LondonTravelWatch reporting to London Transport, we were surprised at...
  • Telling tales out of school
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • “NOBLESSE oblige” is all very well provided you choose a real lady: but if your ex-royal’s a devolved        ...
  • That missing Freedom Pass
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • THANK YOU you for publishing my letter regarding non-receipt of my Freedom Pass (May 20). You will be pleased to know the pass has now arrived. I also received a...
  • Diversity
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • I AM outraged by Councillor Keith Moffitt’s comments about the new council cabinet. He implies that the cabinet has placed diversity ahead of experience....
  • Experience!
    Published: 27 May, 2010 • IS KEITH Moffitt deluding himself when he bemoans a lack of experience on Camden’s new cabinet (Majority of Town Hall jobs go to women, May 20)? Disregarding the...