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to the passport area were shut, so we waited in the rain only to find a full hall with three officers on duty and no automatic readers open.

Sadly all the flights we used to take in daylight hours have moved to the late evening, and it was hard to watch young families standing for 35 minutes holding onto to crying, sleepy babies as the queue shuffled slowly forward. Surely schedule planners must be able to ensure smoother entry to the airport?

When I filed a complaint the answer was that they are busy due to all the new carriers who have started using Edinburgh. The Festival is around the corner. Guests recently waited over an hour to pick up a car hire.

Perhaps management need to start to look at the passenger experience instead of how big a buck they can prise from them. Your theatre critic’s less than half-hearted appraisal of Dundee Rep’s “A Murder is Announced” by Agatha Christie (15 July), seemed based mainly on her evident distaste for the 1950s English uppermiddle class setting, accents and manners.

The task of the theatre critic is, basically, to describe the play and its likely entertainment value, ie, should the reader buy a ticket and attend?

Your critic seemed not to like or recommend this production, awarding two stars.

When we attended the show we found convincing performances, a witty script keeping the audience constantly amused, and with no real awkward moments in the 1950s setting. Would Joyce Macmillan have preferred a politically-correct, present times adaptation with regional accents? ISABEL AND CHARLES

WARDROP Viewlands Road West, Perth