Ann Widdecombe has proved me wrong | Brief letters
The item on Lodge Moor (Students reveal stories from Britain’s largest prisoner of war camp, 4 July) reminded me of an incident early in my career as a German teacher. I was travelling to Vienna along the Danube by scooter in 1965 when a heavy shower reduced the surface to mud. We took shelter in a café with the men repairing the road and, chatting with them, I mentioned we were from Sheffield. One man beamed and told us he had spent part of the war at Lodge Moor and how much he liked it there; clearly far preferable to fighting on the eastern front!
Veronica Hardstaff
Sheffield
Should the long-running London show Crap Tory Government come with warnings about backstabbing, dangerous lying and persistent threat to vulnerable audience members (A warning too far? Theatre’s audiences told about upsetting scenes, 4 July)?
Norman Miller
Brighton
I did not think anything could embarrass me more than the Brexit party turning their backs on the EU anthem. Ann Widdecombe has proved me wrong (Outrage as Widdecombe likens Brexit to ‘slaves turning on their owners’, 5 July).
Nova Brockbank
Newcastle
A quarter of UK betting shops could close (Report, 5 July)? I doubt I’d get decent odds on the closure of one in four UK betting shops driving a reduction in problem gamblers.
Bob Dear
South Croydon, London
If your front-page trail (4 July) had read “Women are like dolphins – best enjoyed on holiday”, would that have been acceptable?
Tom Swallow
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
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