Keynes argued quite strongly that making Germany pay up after the first world war would lead to political and economic disaster (Fear over Greek banks, 19 June). I can’t help feeling that one or two things happened to prove him right. Why is everybody so busy painting themselves into a corner?
Jerry Stuart
London
• Why doesn’t somebody just leak the Chilcot report? Where is Edward Snowden when you need him? In Russia?
Tim Grollman
London
• So Philip Larkin takes his place in Westminster Abbey, despite overt racism and misogyny, and Tim Hunt loses his position at UCL for careless, sexist remarks (Letters, 17 June). It’s enough to make a girl weep.
Pauline Wyman
Oxford
