From Dr Ron Forthofer. Sir, I appreciated the article by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes on the financial impact to the US of its attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq
From Mr Christopher J. Airey. Sir, Like Meziane Lasfer, I doubt the efficacy of the proposals sent to the UK Listings Authority by some large investors, though for very different reasons
From Mr Christopher Joubert. Sir, I was disappointed, on reading further ‘Lock-ups for banks would be best IPO reform’ to find that your correspondent had in mind nothing more punitive
From Mr William Claxton-Smith. Sir, Meziane Lasfer suggests that a legitimate reason for the large size of IPO underwriting syndicates is the need for banks to spread their risk
From Mr Ibrahim Hewitt. Sir, It is good that Abigail Fielding-Smith has highlighted the plight of Palestinian ‘double refugees’ who have been forced to flee Syria
From Prof Miguel Poiares Maduro. Sir, The EU report on media freedom and pluralism does not advocate giving ‘Brussels greater powers over Europe’s media’
From Dr Geoffrey Ingham. Sir, Your plea for balance and ‘pragmatism’ on the question of Royal Bank of Scotland bonuses neatly if unwittingly expresses the dilemmas of a system
From Mr James Hanshaw. Sir, It has been interesting to read the mass of words in your columns on the possibility that Britain may or may not have a referendum on leaving or staying in the EU