David Wilkinson’s letter distinguishing Flatford mill’s pond from its pool in Constable’s The Hay Wain (Letters, 16 July) reminded me of a complaint to the BBC many years ago, pointing out that the brief owl hoot featured in an episode of The Archers was from the incorrect species, given the season and location. My shattered belief system forbade me from listening to The Archers since. And now I can’t look a Constable in the eye.
Richard O’Brien
Highbridge, Somerset
• Brian Redhead’s best line on the Today programme (Letters, 17 July) was his mischievous and brief weather forecast: “Bright in the north, dull in the south. Just like the people, really.” After a long run of southerners in No 10, we are about to find out if he was correct.
David Beake
Sheringham, Norfolk
