Prof Kneebone is the right man for the job | Brief letters

Posy Simmonds | Universal credit | Village for sale | Surgical education | Free Telegraph | Amazing wordsYour article (Review, 26 October) says Posy Simmonds “has been delighting readers with her exquisitely drawn comic strips and novels since the 1970s, when she began to lampoon the Guardian-reading bourgeoisie in a long-running comic strip that grew into Mrs Weber’s Diary”. But before that, Simmonds drew Bear for Murdoch’s Sun, starting in 1969 . Bear (a teddy) was the Philip Green of the nursery. You can still obtain a book of the cartoons secondhand.Philippa PigacheCross in Hand, East Sussex• I was very distressed to readthe letter (30 October) from a claimant who earns less than £500 per month and will receive only £98 universal credit. My income from pensions is lower than the tax threshold, but I do have a secure home. I am ashamed and depressed to live in a country where people are denied sufficient income to buy food and pay their rent. Clearly, one half don’t know how the other half live, and don’t care.Janette WardTarrington, HerefordshireContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 31, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Medical research Imperial College London Posy Simmonds Universal credit The National Trust Science Education Higher education Books The Sun Newspapers & magazines People in science National newspapers Media UK news Societ Source Type: news