Monumental

Your front page picture of the Wallace Monument sitting above heavy fog was very evocative, given that for some, it represents Scotland and for others, is a symbol of nationalism (30 November). Two metaphors came to mind. One, that it represented Scotland's decline, slipping headlong into oblivion under the current Snp/greens regime and the other, that it represented nationalism sinking back into its festering primordial roots. FRASER MACGREGOR

Edinburgh