The wrong track

by market short-termism? Denied the nobility of disinterest, it is lost. Our councillors can choose to set aside the superstitious demands of the market-cultists and instead represent the city and what it stands for on this occasion. They’ll have plenty of opportunities to sustain the town. (DR) JAMES LAWSON

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape

Architecture University of Edinburgh Chambers Street, Edinburgh more than a plaque of her on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

In early August I wrote to the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh to ask if they knew of any events to mark this centenary and I await a response.

FIONA GARWOOD Ormidale Terrace, Edinburgh While I agree with Keith Mathieson (Letters,23 August) that educating drivers on the basic rules of driving on single track roads on Skye – or indeed, anywhere in the Highlands – is a good idea in theory, it’s a waste of time in practice. Where and when would this education take place? Putting an explanatory sign up might help but I think few would heed it even if they could understand it (many Skye tourists don’t speak English) and also, it would probably have to be cluttered with a Gaelic translation!

Tourists are not interested in anything other than a leisurely tour and they forget that the 10,000 or so locals on Skye have to get a move on as the single track roads are often their only roads, hence a great deal of the overtaking.

The answer is to widen the single track roads but that would probably be financially prohibitive. DOUGLAS S BRUCE

Stonefield Portree, Isle-of-skye church. Should his memorial be removed? Of course not; he was a big man, and reminds us of an important period in our history; we do not have to “approve” of him!

In our fallen world, if we remove all memorials of those who have transgressed in some way, there will be few standing! WILLIAM BALLANTINE

Dean Road Bo’ness, West Lothian.