Lessons learned on Tomlinson report | Brief letters

Reviving vocational education | Vanishing food | ‘Stingy git’ obituaries | Hydrangeas heading northMichael 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 FlintClaverdon, 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 MansfieldAspatria, Cumbria Continue reading...