How to keep free entry to UK museums and galleries | Letters

How to keep free entry to UK museums and galleries | Letters

Nick Merriman supports free entry for all, while Hugh R Craig and Peter Fordham suggest small charges for international visitors I believe that national museums should be free for all. Your report ( Is the UK’s golden era of free museum entry coming to an end?, 21 February ) quoted me from a Daily Telegraph article that selectively used parts of a much longer interview. I said in principle that people would be willing to pay; however, I then outlined all the reasons this would not work financially, practically and ethically. I do not wish to be represented as a mouthpiece for those who wish to introduce charges. Nick Merriman Hastingleigh, Kent • There is an easy answer to the budget difficulties faced by many UK art galleries and museums: identity cards. UK citizens could continue to receive free access to the nations’ artworks, which we own, and foreign nationals could be charged an entrance fee, as UK citizens are abroad. Many people enjoy visiting art galleries regularly, which could continue, but international visitors would tend to make only one visit during their time in the country which would continue, even if chargeable, as these are popular tourist sites to visit. Hugh R Craig Edinburgh Continue reading...

Perfect pitches for historic matches | Letters

Perfect pitches for historic matches | Letters

David Dudding and Alan Burkitt-Gray bowl up some cricket grounds within Unesco world heritage sites Alex Preston, in his travel feature on Corfu ( 21 February ), writes about playing with the Lord’s Taverners on “the only cricket pitch in the world I know that’s set within a Unesco world heritage site”. Wonderful though the cricket ground in Corfu undoubtedly is, I am surprised that Preston’s fellow Taverner, Andy Caddick of Somerset and England, didn’t let him know that Bath also enjoys a cricket pitch within a Unesco world heritage site (and possibly two if you include the Rec), while the ground at Galle, Sri Lanka, where Caddick played a Test in 2001 , adjacent to the Fort, is mighty close. David Dudding London • Greenwich Park is also a Unesco world heritage site and has a cricket field in the south-west corner. Alan Burkitt-Gray London Continue reading...

Perfect pitches for historic matches | Letters

Perfect pitches for historic matches | Letters

David Dudding and Alan Burkitt-Gray bowl up some cricket grounds within Unesco world heritage sites Alex Preston, in his travel feature on Corfu ( 21 February ), writes about playing with the Lord’s Taverners on “the only cricket pitch in the world I know that’s set within a Unesco world heritage site”. Wonderful though the cricket ground in Corfu undoubtedly is, I am surprised that Preston’s fellow Taverner, Andy Caddick of Somerset and England, didn’t let him know that Bath also enjoys a cricket pitch within a Unesco world heritage site (and possibly two if you include the Rec), while the ground at Galle, Sri Lanka, where Caddick played a Test in 2001 , adjacent to the Fort, is mighty close. David Dudding London • Greenwich Park is also a Unesco world heritage site and has a cricket field in the south-west corner. Alan Burkitt-Gray London Continue reading...