Royal Shakespeare Company play of JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare ©RSC 12:27am

Shakespeare and Middleton outdo Tarantino for gore

From Mr George Horsington. Sir, Christopher Caldwell may condemn the appalling violence in Quentin Tarantino’s film, but western audiences have been fascinated by bloodbaths and gore for centuries

12:27am

LBJ escaped outrage over US losses in Vietnam

From Ms Monika Jensen-Stevenson. Sir, Kudos to companies editor Sarah Gordon for her excellent interview with Robert Caro

12:27am

There might be a clearer account of LBJ’s character

From Mr Matt Andersson. Sir, Robert Caro’s multi-volume writings on Lyndon B. Johnson are impressive

12:26am

Give biographical genius more room

From Ms Donna Anton. Sir, What a pity that Robert Caro’s ‘Lunch with the FT’ ‘was published the day after I wrote to him with an offer to do all of his and Mrs Caro’s household chores – for free

12:26am

Bankers should stay out of our schools

From Ms Jill Panni. Sir, What can be the rationale to get bankers into schools to teach financial education?

12:25am

It’s like a non-swimmer asking a shark

From Mr John Cope. Sir, Regarding bankers teaching finance in schools. It seems to me rather like a non-swimmer asking a shark to teach him to swim

12:24am

Who pays the pension contributions?

From Mr Paul Ormrod. Sir, Ed Balls is now effectively suggesting that my annual contributions should be gifted by him to people of his choice

12:24am

Space exploration is a necessity for the human species

From Prof Louis Brennan. Sir, Space exploration can be viewed as a mere curiosity generating its own fascination

12:24am

UK always wanted a free trade area, but was not misled

From Mr Joseph P. Ibbett. Sir, Janan Ganesh suggests that 40 years ago we British were misled into believing that we were joining a mere economic community

12:23am

German keeps you guessing

From Ms Elizabeth Balsom. Sir, Who could not sympathise with Thomas Dunskus and his travails with English pronunciation?

12:23am

Coetzee overlooked – but by whom?

From Prof Philip Lloyd. Sir, Taylor Dibbert speaks of ‘the’ Nobel committee awarding peace prizes and overlooking J.M. Coetzee for the literature prize until 2003

12:22am

BoE did not leak Northern Rock crisis

From Mr Nils Blythe. Sir, In a recent letter Professor Steve Hanke made the unsubstantiated claim that the Bank of England leaked information

12:22am

Beyond right and wrong

From Mr Roy Setter. Sir, I was reminded of being told when I was a student at the London School of Economics that examination questions were not changed each year but the correct answers were

Jan 10, 2013

Money problems? Ask a past master

From Mr John Slinger. Sir, Amid talk of the US Treasury minting a $1tr coin in a bid to mitigate problems relating to the US debt ceiling

Jan 10, 2013

Opt-out on labour mobility needed in EU deal

From Mr Yugo Kovach. Sir, Compare and contrast the North American Free Trade Area with the EU

Jan 10, 2013

A main item for the City in EU talks

From Mr Harvey Cole. Sir, One of the prime minister’s main objectives in negotiations with Europe appears to be to ensure the role of the City of London is not affected by changes

Jan 10, 2013

Close the book on Basel and fix central bank bungling

From Prof Steve H. Hanke. Sir, Your leader ‘Basel bends on liquidity rules’ asserts that: ‘Central banks can always provide liquidity’

Jan 10, 2013

Sky will not fall in if banking industry shrinks

From Mr Ralph Musgrave. Sir, To judge by your front page story ‘Massive softening of Basel bank rules’, it seems everyone has fallen for the sob story pushed by banks

Jan 10, 2013

Make lenders hold more cash

From Dr Eamonn Butler. Sir, The Basel Committee is wise to give banks more time to strengthen their balance sheets

Jan 10, 2013

‘Virtual’ arsenal could replace Trident

From Dr Ian Davis. Sir, Your excellent review of potential alternatives to ‘like-for-like’ Trident replacement omitted one other option for weaning our political elites

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