Nobel prizes have always courted controversy: Milton Friedman’s for economics because he associated with Pinochet; letterists Harold Pinter, Orhan Pamuk and Doris Lessing were “overly political”; Aung San Suu Kyi’s peace prize causes outrage because of her silence over the Rohingya. But Peter Handke’s case is of a different order (Criticism of Nobel award for literature given to ‘genocide apologist’, 11 October).
Frank Paice
Norwich
• To my eternal shame, in 1985, on a visit to a school in California, I jumped to the wrong conclusion (I’m not a cleaner, I’m a black MP, G2, 9 October). When a middle-aged black man, jacketless and wearing a blue shirt with a large bunch of keys attached to his belt, walked in to the classroom, I thought he was the janitor. He was the superintendent. A valuable lesson learned.
Jennifer Henley
London
• Wonderful to read about the Hays family business taking over Thomas Cook shops (Report, 10 October). Also, interesting that the Hays family gave £1m to their employees when business was booming while Thomas Cook directors gave themselves bonuses of millions whether business was booming or not.
Chris McGorrigan
Rosside, Cumbria
• Tom Kerridge’s justification for £32.50 turbot, chips and curry sauce (Report, 10 October) was next to a Morrisons ad offering two fish fillets for £2. I hope you did this on purpose.
Peter Lowthian
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
• Pudding, sweet or dessert (Letters, 11 October)? Anyone for “afters”?
James Honeywood
Haslemere, Surrey
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