Cancelling Henry VIII

SIR – It is astounding that, in the forthcoming BBC series Art That Made Us, the artist Jeremy Deller refused to cover work from the reign of Henry VIII (report, March 27) because he thought the king was “just a horrible, horrible person”.

It is equally astonishing that the BBC put up with this childishness. It seems to have forgotten that the adults who pay the wages of its staff might be very interested in the Tudor period. Patrick Kelly

Chippenham, Wiltshire

SIR – Surely it’s in the public interest to know what art was created during this turbulent period of our history. We should learn from our past. It has made us what we are.

I for one am not interested in Jeremy Deller’s “cancel culture” views. Surely the BBC could have chosen someone else. There must be other articulate artists out there.

Paul Langford

Ingatestone, Essex