While it is welcome news that the government is considering adding a new bank holiday to the calendar of England and Wales (Ministers to assess proposals for making jubilee bank holiday permanent, 26 April), I have to question the logic of inserting this into a season already packed with public holidays (Easter, early May and spring). Would there not be far more value in having this “thank holiday” in late October or early November to offset the depressing dearth thereof in the dreary months from August to Christmas? At the same time, a new bank holiday here would coincide with the tree-planting season, allowing all of those inclined to support the UK’s commitments to acting on climate change. It is all well and good to be encouraging us to “plant a tree for the jubilee” but, as anyone who works in conservation will tell you, June is not the month to be doing it.
Vanessa Steele
Bournemouth, Dorset
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