Saving anti-slavery poem won’t cost Charles a king’s ransom
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Version 0 of 1. Monarchy’s slave trade links | Lancashire cotton workers | Eating squirrel | Ginger Rogers’ films Given King Charles III’s welcome support for research into the monarchy’s historical links to the slave trade (Report, 6 April), he might consider spending £20,400 on keeping the manuscript of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1792 anti-slavery poem in this country (Report, 17 March) and donating it to Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum. He could take the money out of the £2m that he and his mother apparently made from the sale of gifted horses (Report, 7 April).Colin WattsLiverpool It’s worth visiting Cotton Famine Road on Rooley Moor, Rochdale. It was constructed by cotton workers during the American civil war, when no cotton was imported into Lancashire, so there was no work to be had. It is a lasting memorial.Kaye McGannStandlake, Oxfordshire Being a regular eater of roadkill, I was curious to try out squirrel when I found a virtually undamaged specimen, still warm, next to a private estate road. It was very tasty indeed. We apparently have no qualms about eating battery chickens, factory-farmed pigs and all manner of game – so what’s the problem with eating squirrel (The secret lives of grey squirrels: ‘The telly was off the wall, plates were smashed, furniture was ripped’, 12 April)?Cynthia RobertsLes Mouriaux, Alderney My parents evicted squirrels by scattering mothballs in the attic.Linda BolzernBremgarten, Switzerland How did Monkey Business not make it into the top 10 in your list of Ginger Rogers’ films (Ginger Rogers’ 20 best performances – ranked!, 6 April)? Come on!Anne JenningsBeeston, Nottingham Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section. |