Michael Simkins’ confession of his teenage addiction to WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan will have struck chords among many of us (Modern and major: how Gilbert and Sullivan still skewer England’s absurdities, 27 October).
Charles Mackerras, offered anything of his choice by the BBC for his last Prom, chose Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience; he was the arranger of the G&S miscellany ballet score Pineapple Poll.
