The painting of Wellington meeting Blücher by Daniel Maclise in the Royal Gallery shows the scene after the battle of Waterloo and not, as John Crace (The politics sketch, 8 July) suggests, before the battle: hence the gruesomely detailed portrayal of dead, dying and wounded soldiers. It reflects the equally poignant portrayal of the death of Nelson opposite, amid the stress and chaos of naval warfare. They are anti-war pictures, surprisingly.
Sir David Natzler
Clerk of the House of Commons, 2015-19
• Adrian Chiles (Is there anything more British than an underwhelming boast on a sign?, 10 July) reminds me that in the 1980s I proudly declared myself “Keighley’s foremost DJ” – a title no one else had the cheek to claim.
Ian Garner
Keighley, West Yorkshire
• A failing company planning to pay four of its managers a bonus of nearly three times their salary if they don’t leave the firm for a year (Thames Water refuses to claw back bonuses paid using £3bn emergency loan, 9 July)? Talk about taking the water!
David Duell
Durham
• I bet you didn’t realise your photo of Drummond Castle (Eyewitness, 11 July) came with a free game – spot the robotic lawnmower. Clue: it’s orange (only one in the photo but they have several quietly grazing away all day).
Bev Harrison
Sunderland
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