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Chocolat author Joanne Harris on protecting arts during the crisis... @Joannechocolat – People working successfully in the arts have often trained for many years to achieve excellence: they constitute an investment of talent we need to recognise and keep. #ReasonsToProtectTheArts

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has suggested unemployed flight attendants could become nurses. Really? It takes a three-year university degree to become a nurse during which time there is no salary. Most then work 12-hour shifts which is very difficult if you have a young family.

Shirley Trower Portsmouth