Perhaps there was no room for M Thatcher, MA Oxon (Letters, 7 September). She had at least half a dozen failings: Proposed withdrawal of HMS Endurance from the South Atlantic, precipitating invasion of the Falkland Islands; squandering North Sea oil and gas revenues; premature closure of coal pits; refusing EEC matching funding for regional aid; refusing to renew social housing; imposition of the poll tax first on Scotland, undermining the union…
David Nowell
New Barnet, Hertfordshire
• One major omission from David Beake’s list of outstanding Oxford graduates: G Osborne, MA Oxon (austerity calamity)!
Hugh Macmillan (MA Oxon)
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
• While I applaud the belated efforts to help British territories affected by Hurricane Irma, I trust that we shall not be sending a single penny to support the British Virgin Islands, an entity devoted solely to dodging paying the UK’s (and other countries’) collection of the taxes that fund such support.
Ed Jones
Edinburgh
• As a displaced follower of The Fife, I would like to think that a more probable tongue-twisting outcome would be East Fife 5: Forfar 4 (Letters, 7 September). Roll on 27 September when all will be revealed.
Colin Barr
Ulverston, Cumbria
• It’s no good printing Wednesday’s racing tips in Thursday’s paper (Corrections, 8 September). What we faithful subscribers wanted was Thursday’s results in Wednesday’s paper.
Jon Harris
Knebworth, Hertfordshire
• Regarding the sad news about Walter Becker (Obituary, 5 September), as a lifelong Steely Dan fanatic I must insist that their album Countdown To Ecstasy is the greatest rock album ever made. End of.
Max Bell
Thame, Oxfordshire
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