Mortar bored

Reading in The Sunday Post about the bored boys from Hull playing with an unexploded mortar (Memories, November 4).

During the 1960s an area of moorland above Bankfoot, Perthshire, was a play area for youngsters, including myself. One day an object was found protruding from the ground. A closer inspection revealed a mortar bomb. When the Army came, the entire moor was searched and about 30 were found.

Unbelievable to think we kids played there. Today the moor is a wood with an attractive local walk. of the Harry Potter novels concentrate on the male academics.

I understand it is very predictable that a woman who has written about the lack of representation of women in the media has been targeted by a “man who knows best”, who has not taken the time to read a freely available text.

I urge Mark and your other readers to download my freely available research, and make up their own minds: after reading, but not before.