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Friday, 18 April 2008

SIR – The Bible was written by men and translated by men so the lot of female clerics is bound in hierarchy and control. Read

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

SIR – The National Museums and Galleries of Wales’ proclivity to seek its advice from London-based consultants has again turned it to the wrong source. Read

SIR – Coming during these days when Zimbabwe in fear awaits a vote-rigging result, and when the Buddhists struggle for a voice and some dialogue with the Chinese, how important was the vote on women bishops in Wales? Read

Saturday, 12 April 2008

SIR – The introduction to your feature by Steffan Rhys on March 28 says he finds “the Welsh fishing industry looks optimistically to the future”. Read

Friday, 11 April 2008

SIR – As someone who was due to participate as a torchbearer in the London leg of the Olympic flame world relay on Sunday, I reluctantly withdrew from participating due to a mixture of safety fears as well as an ethical dilemma of ignoring the plight of the people of Tibet. Read

Thursday, 10 April 2008

SIR – Reading Martin Shipton’s article about the European elections (April 4) there were some interesting points, but I would not include some the comments by former Labour politician Jeff Jones in that category. Read

Wednesday, 9 April 2008

SIR – It was fascinating to read Martin Shipton’s report on selection of candidates for the European elections (April 3), but at the same time disappointing to learn that democracy is not what it was in the Labour Party, when members’ participation in the selection of candidates is so limited. Read

Tuesday, 8 April 2007

SIR – I read the contribution to your columns from Jennie Randerson with total disbelief when the lady referred to “a mistaken sense of priority in the Labour/Plaid Government” – of funding for the Welsh NHS and specifically Band 7 grade nurses. Read

Monday, 7 April 2008

SIR – In the article about global warming and CO2 emissions (April 3) an expert quite rightly called for more generous financial incentives for householders to encourage them to cut energy consumption by investing in renewables and also street-by-street programmes of wall and roof insulation by local authorities. Read

Saturday, 5 April 2008

Embryo research is such an ungodly act Read

Friday, 4 April 2008

SIR – I am writing with reference to the letter from LJ Jenkins of Gwbert: The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) established a link with the national grid in the early 1990s because it makes much more ecological sense to export electricity surplus and import deficits from the national grid, rather than to store it on-site in buildings full of batteries. This has never been secret. Read

Thursday, 3 April 2008

Nicer and healthier way to get about Read

Wednesday, 2 April 2008

SIR – I was very interested to read the article last week by Madeleine Brindley about the shedding of “Band 7” midwife posts at the Royal Gwent Hospital. Read

Tuesday, 1 April 2008

SIR – Climate change is already having a devastating impact on our planet, its people and its wildlife. Hundreds of millions of people are being put at severe risk of drought, floods, starvation, and disease. By the middle of the century, up to one third of land-based species could face extinction. Read