HMRC has just received an unexpected £652.6m windfall (Bernie Ecclestone given suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud, 12 October). Well that’s our schools’ estimated £150m Raac problem financed at a stroke, with the remaining £502.6m to be put towards refurbishing our increasingly dilapidated schools. Thank you, Mr Ecclestone.
Toby Wood
Peterborough
I was surprised that Alexis Petridis (The 20 greatest concert films – ranked!, 12 October) overlooked Concert for George (2003). The film captured a poignant celebration of George Harrison’s life and music. And it would take a hard heart not to be moved to tears by Joe Brown on the ukulele, ending the concert with I’ll See You in My Dreams as thousands of red paper roses floated down on the audience at a packed Albert Hall.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
My hands are shaking as I type. I’ve just checked out Alexis Petridis’s ranking of concert movies. Where, in the name of all that’s holy, is Woodstock?
John Lilley
Presteigne, Powys
Again the Guardian shows uncanny prescience in running the story about increased glitter sales (Report, 9 October) the day before Keir Starmer is showered in glitter.
Rory Murphy
London
