Ethics and the Empire under the spotlight | Letters

Professor Philip Murphy on Nigel Biggar’s ‘Ethics and Empire’ project; Harvey Sanders on Francesco Guardi’s Rialto Bridge painting; and DBC Reed on the slave trade pushing up 18th century property pricesIan Jack’s article on Professor Nigel Biggar’s “Ethics and Empire” project (The sun may never set on British misconceptions of our lost empire, 6 January) misses an intriguing mystery. Jack suggests that an article in the Times about colonialism by