I agree with Naoise Dolan that the wit of Pride and Prejudice is famously hard to transmit to screen (16 October). But the 1940 American film starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, with a screenplay by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, comes close. The New York Times film critic described it as “the most crisp and crackling satire in costume … seen on the screen”.
Fiona Willan
Worthing, West Sussex
• Given that when the Tories were in power at least 28 Covid contracts, worth £4.1bn, went to those with known political connections to the Conservative party, it’s rich for Tory MP Saqib Bhatti, a shadow health minister, to say: “Government business is not a gravy train for your mates” (Alan Milburn to be given lead role in Labour’s health ministry, 15 October).
David Murray
Wallington, London
