Anthony Cutler News Today

Bishop Joachim of Amissos, PhD Director of The Archbishop Iakovos Library Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology I write this short notice to observe the recent death earlier this month, on 16 May, of Professor Anthony Cutler, the professor of Byzantine Art History at The Pennsylvania State University for 51 years.

SIR – I am Jewish, and my family and I have been proud British citizens throughout our lives, contributing to society and serving in the Armed Forces in the Second World War to defend our country against those who wanted the end of the Jewish race.

SIR – The closure of the blast furnaces at Port Talbot (report, January 20) is being hailed as a victory for net zero.

SIR – Allister Heath (“Post Office scandal has exposed the elite’s contempt for Middle England”, Comment, January 11) nails what the majority think about the overpaid, unaccountable “corporate-bureaucratic class”. You see its actions everywhere. The same is true of the current political class. Look at Sir Keir Starmer. He was director of public prosecutions while sub-postmasters were being taken to court. It seems incredible that he did not know about th...

SIR – The proper military function of artillery is to support infantry and armour on the battlefield.

8 May 2021 • 12:01am Boris Johnson with an inflatable version of himself in Hartlepool, a constituency now held by the Conservatives for the first time since it was formed in 1974 Credit: LEE SMITH /Reuters SIR – The Hartlepool by-election result confirms that voters want a party that respects the Brexit vote. They also want a party they believe can level up the country, rejecting the “us and them” of the identity politics of the Labour Left. No amount of Boris Johnson’s furnishings...