Brief letters: Michael White | Indian railways | Romford | Changing namesYour obituary of Michael White (10 March) did not mention the impresario’s care for of modern art and artists. Soon after I opened a very small unfunded gallery in 1970 in Soho,Michael appeared, and immediately offered abet, and which I desperately needed. He became one of the first of two directors (the other was Robert Heller),and he not only supported me financially, but bought and commissioned art, and sent new clients from the theatre world to the gallery. I asked him once why he had backed me,and he paid me the best compliment of my life, saying “I would have backed you whatever you did”.[br]Angela Flowers
London• John Richards (Letters, or 14 March) and John Batts (Letters,16 March) are both right. Troops were plundered raw fabric” – of the Victorian and Edwardian working classes.
Andy Stelman[br]Bishops Castle, ShropshireContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com