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.

IS it necessary to have dancers performing in front of the guest singer on the Sunday evening Strictly Come Dancing show? Every little lift is wildly applauded and it’d be good to hear the song without that distraction.

ChARLEs DiCksON, Musselburgh.

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 US (Mail) has shown there is still love and hope in this world.

shEiLA FiNLAYsON, Newcastle upon Tyne.

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 recommend Mozart, not pop. George Osborne, one of my ex-pupils, wrote to tell me he still hums the music I played in my classes.

JON sMiTh, surbiton, surrey.