Latest Letters

  • Published: 10 June, 2010 Inadequacy of national minimum wage legislation combined with weak union organisation among low-paid workers perpetuates poverty pay, argues George Binette (above) A LITTLE...
  • Published: 10 June, 2010 • HUGO Barnacle’s defence of swans (Letters, June 3) is admirable, but he should try to cultivate a more balanced view to take account of all those who enjoy...
  • Published: 10 June 2010 • LAST Thursday morning our delightful, young niece Nikki was walking her pooches on the Heath and came across a gentleman picnicking on the grass. Pooch number one took...
  • Published: 10 June, 2010 • I WAS horrified to learn of the death of a swan on Hampstead Heath and have been following the Letters pages concerning this tragic incident.  While walking along...
  • Published: 10 June, 2010 • I CAN appreciate the benefits dogs bring to the lives of many (It’s criminal for your dog to attack a swan – or me! June 3).   What I would like to...
  • Published: 10 June 2010 • IT was with sadness I read (Letters, June 3) that Paula Rundell is to be moved from her current role at Heath Library. As a writer I have been fortunate enough to have...
  • Published: 10 June, 2010 To Camden libraries chief Mike Clarke  • AS a member of the Friends of Heath Library, it was exciting to hear about the refurbishment plans for the library which I...
  • Published: 10 June, 2010 • SO we have confirmation that Labour’s popular promise to stop council homes sales had not been thought through.  New Labour housing cabinet member Julian...
  • Published: 10 June, 2010 • THE picture you printed of an artist’s impression of how the new Emmanuel School would look is typical of the way in which the project has been pursued by the...
  • Published: 4 June 2010 • READERS may be interested to know about the upcoming Holloway Arts Festival, bringing 11 days of art, comedy, poetry, music, theatre and crafts to Islington. The...
  • Published: 4 June 2010 • A LOT of public money has been spent installing CCTV cameras to make us safer, but how many of them actually work? I was shocked to hear that a crime lead could not be...
  • Published: 4 June 2010 • I HAVE been parking at the N1 Centre on residual patches of land for more than four years. There are no signs indicating not to and most scooter riders or...
  • Published: 4 June 2010 • FOLLOWING last week’s article about Alex Pascall’s leaking pipe and problems with Thames Water’s customer service (Saga of leaking pipework in front...
  • Published: 4 June 2010 • I AM writing about the agencies which employ carers. I don’t think the agencies check on the carers, who seem to come and go when they like. Some of them only do...
  • Published: 4 June 2010 • AS one of a large number of pensioners who regularly make use of the gym at the Sobell Leisure Centre I am sure that the programme of exercises I undertake there makes a...