Michael Pyke of the Campaign for State Education refers to the Tomlinson report of 2004 (Letters, 30 July), commissioned but then sadly dropped by the Blair government. A year or so later, I, then a FE college principal, recognised Mike Tomlinson at Marylebone station. I told him how sorry I was that his report had not been implemented. He thanked me and said: “It will be, eventually.”
Colin Flint
Claverdon, Warwickshire

Re vanished food (Letters, 28 July), we knew something was up when Alf, our ginger cat, was wailing outside. He struggled through the cat flap hauling a side of salmon. We never discovered who was missing a delicious supper that night.
Janet Mansfield
Aspatria, Cumbria

In reply to Siobhán Ní Chuanaigh (Letters, 29 July), “stingy git” may be a hereditary affliction and descendants do not want to pay to place an obituary.
Roshi Saul
Avening, Gloucestershire

Perhaps the paucity of stingy gits appearing in the obituaries is explained by their motto: if I can’t take it with me, I’m not going.
Eoin Dillon
Dublin, Ireland

“Hotter summers may force RHS to move hydrangeas to north of England” (Report, 29 July). Another Andy Burnham initiative perhaps?
Mick Beeby
Bristol