Latest Letters

  • Lawyer Richard Stein (inset) outlines concerns in the case of Binyam Mohamed (main picture), from government attempts to manipulate court decisions to alleged complicity in torture. On Wednesday...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • THANK you so much for the cheque for £400 from the New Journal’s Hamper Appeal for the older people’s lunch Club at Marchmont Community Centre....
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • AS you reported (February 11), the head of asset management at the Crown Estate, Paul Clark, is looking to raise about £250 million by selling off the...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 a wry dry wit and incorrigible iconoclast with an irascible imagination Rety wrote & organised in the spirit of liberty Poem for John Rety  by JEFF SAWTELL Susan...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • I ATTENDED an area forum meeting for the Kentish Town ward in which there was £10,000 up for grabs.  There was a suggestion of spending some of the money...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • AS a leaseholder, since 2003 I have been charged £8,000 for refitting windows which did not need to be replaced and am now being asked to pay £500 to...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • WHILE I commend Katty Pearce’s excellent review (February 4) of my production of Wet Weather Cover at the King’s Head Theatre, now extended until...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • SUE MacGregor and Sir Simon Jenkins are typical nimbys when it comes to the World Cup screenings in Regent’s Park (Famous faces give red card to park World...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • I SUSPECT that John Gulliver (Are they Liberal with the truth? February 11) will have his work cut out with his forensic examination of the swaying newsletter...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • FOLLOWING the great interest shown in The Story of Marchmont Street, we are now turning our attention to the history of Brunswick Square, with a working title Tales...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • UNFORTUNATELY the local media continues to focus on the much exaggerated crime and anti-social behaviour in Gospel Oak.  It neglects to mention the very real...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • THOMAS McQuillan’s story about his experiences with Camden Council’s contractors, Apollo, is all too familiar (The Apollo story continued: mission...
  • Published: 18 February 2010 • IN ancient Athens, magistrates used to keep a supply of poison for those who wished to die.  The modern equivalent would be the newsagent with poison available...
  • Published: 11 February 2010 • I FOUND the story about the driver stopping his bus to pray quite incredible (Passengers watch as driver stops bus to pray in aisle, February 4); I am all for...
  • Published: 11 February 2010 In an open letter to Camden planners, Tony Hillier sets out his own reading of how plans for underground developments should be considered THE Heath and Hampstead...