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Sir: A Campaign for Real Cricket sounds an excellent idea (Letters, 5 May). How about extending it into a Campaign for Rea Sport? Both football and boxing could do with [...]

I read Ian Thomson's review of Alex Renton's book about life in boarding schools in the 1960s and 1970s (The Critics, 12 May). In my view, boarding schools are unnatural [...]

Michael Prodger's fascinating article (The Critics, 5 May), inadvertently gives the impression that there was a lack of important art before the Russian Revolution. It may be true that Russian [...]

A year or two ago, I had a letter in Standpoint magazine that exposed Seumas Milne's Stalinist past working for the newspaper Straight Left (NS Profile, 15 April). I was [...]

Having just returned from the US, I was impressed by Simon Heffer's article about the state of the union and the dreadful Donald Trump ('The American berserk', n March). What [...]

Sorry to be a pain, but five SDP MPs were re-elected in 1983 (Politics Interview, 29 January). The sixth was their sole gain Charles Kennedy, in Ross and Cromarty. Mark [...]

A university should be a temple dedicated to free expression (Out of the Ordinary, 27 March). I have vivid memories of the 'no platform' policy being used at the University [...]

Peter Harris (Letters, 17 January) suggests that home educators 'set reams of mechanical exercises culled from course books bought at W H Smith's'. Our home-educated children, aged six and five, [...]

The myth of a Disraelian vision of 'one nation' is so pervasive that even my brilliant historian friend John Bew accepts it in assessing Richard Nixon (NS Essay, 12 September). [...]

As an opponent of EU membership since childhood and believer that Switzerland is probably the best-governed country in the world, I would like to say that I don't believe that [...]

Brendan Simms is right ('Defend the west', 28 March): we should indeed rearm, and not even contemplate foreign adventures until we have restored our defences to 1990 levels. There is [...]

I very much doubt if Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy. I have, however, met and read books and articles by sane people who hold that he did, whatever Alec [...]

I am glad Peter Hyman believes in individuality and creativity in schools (Observations, 16 July). I trust he will demonstrate this by not forcing his pupils to wear a uniform [...]

There are different interpretations of Coriolanus (The Critics, 12 December). The late Paul Foot's interpretation - shared, I believe, by Bertold Brecht - was that he was a fascist who [...]

Michael Wilshaw becoming head schools inspector bodes ill for Britain's children ('Strictly come learning', 17 October). He appears to hold that children have no rights and head teachers should be [...]

The main difference between the mass murderers Idi Amin and Milton Obote (Letters, 28 June) is that Amin was a Nazi ignoramus and a buffoon. I would add that military [...]

The answer to the Gary McKinnon 'problem' is simple ('America versus the hacker', 7 June). Repeal the Extradition Act 2003 -along with the European arrest warrant and all automatic extradition [...]

I am a lifelong supporter of electoral reform (Supplement, 9 November), favouring the alternative vote for the Commons, proportional representation for the Lords on a national list system, and equal [...]

Even the worst criminals have the right to appeal against conviction or sentence. So how can children expelled from school be denied this right ('My class was a war zone [...]

I did not expect the New Statesman to join in with the national media to miss the point altogether of Margaret Hodge's comments (Leader, 7 April). Accessibility is not about [...]

From Mark Taha Sir: I entirely share Leo McKinstry's opinion of Roy Hattersley ('I prefer the tub of lard', 13 September). To me, he's an old Labour hack whose claim [...]

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The American berserk" by Simon Heffer and "In defence of Project Fear," both in the March 11, 2016, issue, and "The German problem" by Mark Leonard in the March 4, 2016, issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to various articles in the January 29, 2016 issue including "The choice before Labour" by Caroline Lucas; "First Thoughts" by Peter Wilby; and "Down and Out" by Nicholas Lezard.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles including "The Centre Cannot Hold" and "Out of the Ordinary," published in the March 20, 2015 issue, and "Down and Out," published in the March 27, 2015 issue.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles published in previous issues of "Times Educational Supplement" (TES) including "A Woman's Place Is in the Boardroom," from the July 19, 2013 issue, "Tech Without Teachers Is Cloud Cuckoo Land," from the July 12, 2013 issue, and "National Rankings Proposed for 11-Year Olds," from the July 19, 2013 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The age of rage," by Ed Smith in the April 15, 2016 issue, "Fighting Words," by Laurie Penny in the April 15, 2016 issue, and "The Tory wars," by Simon Heffer in the April 8, 2016 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles that appeared in previous issues including "The Madness of Crowds," by Will Self and the editorial about Afghan president Hamid Karzai, both of which appeared in the November 9, 2009 issue, and "The Intelligence," by Michael Hodges that was published in the November 2, 2009 edition.

Letters to the editor are presented which refers to several articles in the August 24, 2009 issue of this periodical. Topics include the spread of swine flu in Great Britain, the article about South Africa that is titled "Joburg Gets It Together," and the anti-Nazi laws in Germany.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "M Star" on October 4, 2014 issue.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Defend the West" by Brendan Simms and "First Thoughts" by Peter Wilby, both in the March 28, 2014, issue, and a review of the "Ruin Lust" exhibit at the Tate Britain by Michael Prodger in the March 21, 2014, issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including ways to economic crisis recovery in the June 18, 2012 issue, the need for trade unions to pressure the Labour Party on block donation commitment, and the progressive credentials of Marlo Brando in the June 16, 2012 issue.

Several letters are presented from readers commenting on articles from past issues including "The power of a dangerous idea" by Mehdi Hasan in the December 12, 2011 issue which mentioned religion as a force for good in the world, an interview with scientist Brian Cox in the December 5, 2011 issue, and "Health supplement" from the December 12, 2011 issue which discussed health-care reform in Great Britain.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Rise of the tenderpreneurs," by Andrew Feinstein and "America versus the hacker," both of which appeared in the June 7, 2010 issue, and "Her dark materials," by Mehdi Hasan that appeared in the May 31, 2010 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an article by Joel Heyes about striking energy workers in the February 4, 2009 issue, Hazel Blears' article concerning events on Gaza Strip and an article on the Waterloo Road event in the January 29, 2009 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including "Reading a riot with Dennis the Menace" and "Off with her headship" in the February 2, 2007 issue, and "Let's blame the parents" in the January 19, 2007 issue.

Presents a letter to the editor about the education principles of the sect, Exclusive Brethren, in Great Britain.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The constant fear almost sent me over the edge," "Citizens' army will promote French values in schools" and "Teaching unplugged: my week without tech" in the January 15, 2016 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles that appeared in the September 1, 2008 issue including the column regarding the British Labor Party and social policy, a letter to the editor about the Taliban guerrillas and the article "The truth about GM."

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles that appeared in previous issues. Included are comments on the July 7, 2008 piece on British secondary education and the lack of social mobility for British students, the article on the opposition to the European Union manifested by some British newspapers in the June 23, 2008 issue and "Thou shalt not hug," in the June 30, 2008 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles from previous issues including "What more can we do to help?" from the March 7, 2008 issue, "Replace crude league tables," from the March 14, 2008 issue, and "How do I rate my lessons?" from the March 14, 2008 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The God Wars" by Bryan Appleyard in the February 27, 2012 issue, "Out of the Toy Cupboard" by Michael Rosen in the March 5, 2012 issue, and "Lines of Dissent" by Mehdi Hasan in the March 5, 2012 issue.