If Simon Jenkins (Opinion, 2 February) had played one of his many LPs through a modern amp, he would know that a vinyl groove does not hold a deep bass line (Letters, 6 February). He would hear a rather tinny sound, because the bass is recreated in phono amp. If the LP held all the bass, the grooves would be bigger, limiting the number of tracks.
Ned Newitt
Leicester
• Daniel Young manages to include Arizona in his list of the best pizzerias in the world (G2, 2 February); but he fails to include a single Argentinian one – or even mention Argentina, the only country that can give Italy a run for its money when it comes to pizza culture and cuisine.
Professor Alan Knight
Oxford
• Maybe large monuments have had their day (Opinion, 4 February), but I always find the bronzes of refugee Jewish children arriving at Liverpool Street station very touching, and a constant reminder.
Bernadette Sanders
Norwich
• It appears that much revered right foot of Sir David Beckham may have a touch of clay about it (Editorial, 6 February). Nonetheless we are none of us heroes to our valets. Cut him some slack.
Lawrence Norman
London
• The cardboard tray in Weetabix (Letters, 5 February) was, like the cardboard in so much other food packaging, a victim of cost-cutting. The removal of the tray from Bounty bars prompted John Shuttleworth to write Mutiny Over the Bounty which included the line, “Mars of Slough, you’ve really done it now...”
Andrew Vincent
Cheltenham
• A friend once told me, before he was about to go to a concert, that he was going to see the The The (Letters, 2 February).
Vernon Roper
Steyning, West Sussex
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