As the publisher of Red Alert in 1963, I made several journeys to Shepperton to meet Stanley. While at Shepperton, and waiting outside the huge stage that formed the war-room for a “take” to be completed, I was chatting to the actor Peter Bull, when we both noticed a pile of crates containing custard-pies, destined for the famous throwing scene in the movie. Each of the crates was personally addressed to Stanley Kubrick and the purveyor was none other than Fortnum and Mason. Could it have been anyone else?
ALAN EARNEYFormer Editorial Director, Corgi BooksLondon W13.

Sir: Joe McNamee is confused (letter, March 8). While the centre-right EPP (European People’s Party) Group in the European Parliament is indeed more positive towards the single European currency than the British Conservative Party, Conservative MEPs are only “allied members” of the group. Since we became allied members in 1992, it has been accepted that we can maintain our own party line, especially on issues subject to UK opt- outs negotiated in the Maastricht treaty, ie monetary union and the social chapter).
JOHN CORRIE MEPChief Whip, Conservatives in the European ParliamentStrasbourg. Sir: Dr Adrian Coyle, a psychologist, wonders what happens when men lay hands on feminine status (letter, 8 March), I can tell him

Fifty years ago all nurses were women Today 7 per cent of nurses are men Yet 48 per cent of top nursing posts are held by men. What does one make of this?
Feminists can scream about a glass ceiling, unfairness to women, a conspiracy theory and so on Psychologists can argue the male/female roles ad nauseam.

To my mind it demonstrates one thing only: the vast majority of women want and need to be dominated by men, and feminists are simply wasting their time.JENNIFER WORTH SRN SCMBoxmoor, Hertfordshire. Sir: I read with interest Jeremy Laurance’s article “Surgeons still try to cover up errors” (5 March), especially the fact that 350 obstetricians face redundancy because there are too few consultant posts. May I point out that the statutory duty for maternity care lies with midwives and not with obstetricians and the crisis surrounding maternity services does not lie with the excess supply of obstetricians but rather with the dearth of midwives.
Ever since the management of maternity services was grabbed by obstetricians/ gynaecologists there has been a falling off in the service to mothers and a massive increase in obstetric intervention. I thought I should try to share in my son’s interests for a moment, so I asked him what the film was about, and what sort of guy Arnold was meant to be

“He’s not a guy at all, Dad. He’s a robot.”
Let no one say that this age is without solutions to problems. We have a problem: too many actors who cannot play human beings convincingly Solution: let them play robots.

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