Peter Armstrong is right to speak out (University of Leicester threatens to strip professor of title over social media barbs, 8 April). The University of Leicester was world-renowned for its radical work, a reputation that is now, it seems, being flushed down the drain in a turn to mainstream adaptive business studies. Academic freedom is critical, and must be critical or it is nothing, and solidarity with the teaching and research staff at Leicester must make that clear to management.
Ian Parker
Emeritus professor of management, University of Leicester
• You report that Boris Johnson “is said to be adamant in private that he will not be the prime minister who permits a referendum” (PM will allow second referendum if SNP wins, says Sturgeon, 11 April). Is this the same Boris Johnson who said “There will be no border down the Irish Sea – over my dead body”?
David Hoult
Mellor, Greater Manchester
• What a shame that it took the Duke of Edinburgh’s death to return the Saturday morning BBC Radio 3 programme (temporarily) to what it used to be: an endless stream of gorgeous classical music, played and considered by an intelligent, low-key presenter.
Anne McLaren
Liverpool
• Heard our first cuckoo on Monday – its earliest appearance for many years in this area. It clearly didn’t listen to the weather forecast before setting out from Africa.
Catharine Sadler
Little Birch, Herefordshire
• David Cameron has failed to lobby me regarding Greensill (Report, 12 April). Am I alone?
Tim Whitney
Sheffield
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