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Performance targets | Jack Vettriano | Art and science | School choirs | King Charles’s song choicePerformance targets | Jack Vettriano | Art and science | School choirs | King Charles’s song choice
I see that the government is planning a cull of civil servants and will be aiming to incentivise underperformers to leave (9 March). I wonder whether a similar plan is envisaged to deal with politicians of a likewise disposition. If so, we had better prepare for general elections on a much more frequent basis – provided of course that they can be arranged by civil servants of an acceptable standard. I see that the government is planning a cull of civil servants and will be aiming to incentivise underperformers to leave (9 March). I wonder whether a similar plan is envisaged to deal with politicians of a likewise disposition. If so, we had better prepare for general elections on a much more frequent basis – provided of course that they can be arranged by civil servants of an acceptable standard.Nigel JordanCrowthorne, Berkshire
Reading the letters expressing different points of view on Jack Vettriano (Letters, 9 March) I was reminded of an old cartoon that shows two people in a gallery looking at John Constable’s The Hay Wain, with one asking the other: “It’s a lovely picture, but what does it mean?”Peter PhilpottPatrick Brompton, North Yorkshire
Nigel Jordan Re Jack Vettriano’s work, I recalled my 1950s physicist headmaster quoting Claude Bernard’s “Art is I; science is we” after trying to explain Boyle’s law to fledgling sixth formers.Dr Roger MerryBath
“Laura has a pleasing voice” (Letters, 9 March) reminds me of my brief stint in the school choir. I lasted until they worked out where that “bloody row” was coming from.Ian GarnerOxenhope, West Yorkshire
Crowthorne, Berkshire I felt a tinge of sadness that King Charles chose a cover of Little Eva’s song, The Loco-Motion, rather than the original (King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs, 10 March).Linda RheadHampton, London
Reading the letters expressing different points of view on Jack Vettriano (Letters, 9 March) I was reminded of an old cartoon that shows two people in a gallery looking at John Constable’s The Hay Wain, with one asking the other: “It’s a lovely picture, but what does it mean?”
Peter Philpott
Patrick Brompton, North Yorkshire
Re Jack Vettriano’s work, I recalled my 1950s physicist headmaster quoting Claude Bernard’s “Art is I; science is we” after trying to explain Boyle’s law to fledgling sixth formers.
Dr Roger Merry
Bath
“Laura has a pleasing voice” (Letters, 9 March) reminds me of my brief stint in the school choir. I lasted until they worked out where that “bloody row” was coming from.
Ian Garner
Oxenhope, West Yorkshire
I felt a tinge of sadness that King Charles chose a cover of Little Eva’s song, The Loco-Motion, rather than the original (King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs, 10 March).
Linda Rhead
Hampton, London
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