Straight to the POINT

÷ THE Kenyan refugee locomotive will be a useless companion for Thomas the Tank Engine (Mail) because it runs on a different gauge track.

G. P. BROWN, Norwich.

÷ GARDENERS are advised to plant flower bulbs between October and December (Mail). I plant mine between wallflowers and polyanthus.

RONALD MALONE, Warwick.

÷ THOSE who complained on my train about other passengers who had been on the London march and were wearing ‘B******s to Brexit’ badges were the ones who were told off!

E. ADAMS, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.

÷ THE anonymous person who donated £100,000 towards four-year-old leukaemia patient Zac’s treatment in the U.S. (Mail) has shown there is still Christian love and hope in this troubled world.

SHEILA FINLAYSON, Newcastle upon Tyne.

÷ IT WOULD be a scandal if Gareth Southgate’s waistcoat doesn’t receive a knighthood.

A. GEE, Formby, Merseyside.

÷ HOW did For Facts Sake get commissioned (Mail)? That question could apply to 90 per cent of what is churned out on TV.

MARGARET ROBINSON, Penarth, Glamorgan.

÷ PLAYING uplifting music is a good idea (Mail), but I would recommend Mozart rather than pop music. George Osborne, one of my former pupils, wrote to tell me he still hums the music I played in my classes.

JON SMITH, Surbiton, Surrey.

FOR permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk