Treading the boards
Sir: As a teacher, I was sorry Lloyd Evans did not include school productions in his excellent assessment of the cultural devastation inflicted by Covid-19 (‘Staged’, 3 July). While cancellation of West End shows is a tragedy, far more damage will be done to the thousands of children whose one chance to watch or perform in a play or musical has been taken away. These humble, often cheerfully disastrous, amateur productions bring pupils together in a way nothing else can.
W. Sydney Robinson
Oundle, Northamptonshire
Big bad builders
Sir: I enjoyed Liam Halligan’s comprehensive assessment of the appalling state of the UK building industry and the dire quality of much of what they produce (‘The house mafia’, 26 June). He makes the damning observation that buyers of new-build properties have fewer consumer rights than if they were buying a toaster.
He could have added that new houses are predominantly sold by the largest housebuilders under the National House Building Council (NHBC) scheme.
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