·See the work online·All articles in this series Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543) was born to an artist father in Augsburg and came to London after his patron, the humanist Erasmus, recommended him to the courtier and political thinker Thomas More. In London, as salaried court artist to Henry VIII, he painted some ...

From Sir Rowland Whitehead Bt Sir: Julian Brazier puts the case for Thomas More (Letters, 6 January). May I respond? In the clash between two passionate men, More poured seething, and at times almost scatological, venom on Tyndale; the latter replied always in measured and reasonable terms. He was that sort of man. Tyndale's aim can in no way ...

From Julian Brazier MP Sir: Rod Liddle's article on William Tyndale ('We are what the English Bible has made us', 16/23 December) is as unfair to Thomas More as it is unbalanced in praising Tyndale. More did indeed bitterly oppose Tyndale and his tyrannical doctrine: 'The king is in this world, without law and may at his lust ...