Latest Letters

  • Not our tree
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • I WAS interested to read about the 50ft tree that fell in Hampstead last weekend. Could I just point out that the Jesuits actually sold the property on September 1...
  • Seat is back
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • JUST as the disappearance of the bus stop seating at the southern end of Malden Road caused widespread dismay, especially among the frail and elderly, the sudden...
  • Restaurant should be seen, not heard
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • I WAS disappointed to read that Billy Reilly has permission to open the premises that were once Bar Fink as a “restaurant” (Ex-club boss given...
  • Bed count
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • THE assertion by Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust that it regularly has more than 70 empty beds does not compute with the New Journal’s story (...
  • Tap skills
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • WE have the GPs and the bureaucrats – how can they be organised to improve our health service and perhaps reduce costs?  I suggest a primary care trust...
  • Use cops not flip-flops
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • WHEN the decisions were made to provide lollipops, flip-flops, biscuits and even condoms by the Camden Community Safety partnership, to the inebriated and fight-...
  • The kindest of doctors
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • I WAS sad to read (Obituary, October 14) of the death of Mr John Lee of Moorfields Eye Hospital.  I had been a patient under Mr Lee’s guidance for the...
  • Our libraries fight goes on
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • THE fears of Highgate Library users, expressed in Mike Doherty’s letter (October 14), are very real.  The reduction in government funding for local...
  • If you care about local mental health issues…
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • THE Link is a legislated organisation set up by the Department of Health to give local residents a stronger voice on health issues.  Camden residents are used...
  • Danger that green ‘sanctuary’ reservoir space will be lost for ever
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • YOUR article (Time for reservoir digs? October 14) highlights the constant threat from developers to the reservoir site in West Hampstead.  Here is a site that...
  • Cheap fares for non-drivers better than a Freedom Pass?
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • JOHN Collins (Letters, October 14) suggests that Freedom Passes should be given to people without cars rather than pensioners. This is an interesting idea but it...
  • Bring campaigner Tom home to be among friends
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • IT came as a great shock to read, that Somers Town’s Tom Costello had been rushed out of Camden and transferred to a “private” hospital in...
  • Service cuts will also hit the quality of our schools
    Published: 21 October, 2010 • WHILE Camden has lost out on money for rebuilding schools, the coalition government has assured the public that cash for schools is safe!  But wait a minute....
  • Upmarket homes will attract movers and shakers we need
    Published: 15 October, 2010 • HATS off to historian David Starkey for his short piece filmed in Islington and broadcast on BBC’s This Week last Thursday evening, albeit at such a late...
  • Last laugh?
    Published: 15 October, 2010 • REVIEWER Maggie Gruner infelicitously states of Gielgud Theatre’s Yes, Prime Minister (Party Lines, Review, October 8): “The demand of the...