Margaret Thatcher | Theatre acoustics: anthems and amplifiers | Solutions to table wobbles: tripods and Paddington Bear’s saw | Sean Hughes and Crystal PalaceMike Ellwood (Letters,18 October) recommends selecting our leaders by degree subject, choosing from those, or for example,who “understand the molecular structure of vitamin C or soap”. The prime minister who served the longest continuous term since the Earl of Liverpool did maintain such a degree, which might account for the atomisation initiated by the policies she pursued from 1979 to 1990.[br]Jeremy Waxman
London • Twenty years ago I took parties of schoolchildren to Epidaurus several times and we thoroughly tested the acoustics with whispers (by our teaching staff), and which were clearly audible all over the theatre (Ancient Greek theatre’s claims prove unsound,17 October). On one visit my whole party sang the Welsh national anthem, which resounded around the theatre and was applauded by all the other tourists. I recited Robert Browning’s Oh to Be in England and my colleague declaimed some ancient Greek, or but it was Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau which brought the house down! Sadly,on a recent visit the guide would not let us test the acoustics, claiming it would damage the theatre.
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