Brilliant wit of Tom Sharpe

I WAS saddened to hear of the death of the brilliant writer Tom Sharpe. His Wilt and Wilt Alternative titles are the funniest books I have ever read. His Riotous Assembly about South Africa so sums up the crazy situation there. His books are the only ones which make me laugh out loud.

Two of them were made 
into films – Wilt with Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith and Porterhouse Blue starring David Jason – but neither of them compared with the hilarity of his writing. If you have not read his books I urge you to do so.

Let’s face it, at the present 
time we could all do with a good laugh!

Dazzling Colour brightens day

From: Roger M Dobson, Ash Street, Cross Hills.

WHAT a wonderful ceremony the Trooping of the Colour was that the Queen must have enjoyed, even without the presence of her consort. We all know that there is no other army in the world that can perform so well on the parade ground.

All David Cameron has to do now is to bring all our soldiers home from Afghanistan.

Backward step on poverty

From: Aled Jones, Mount Crescent, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

I NOTE that every 15 minutes another family finds themselves homeless. Is this yet more proof that Britain is speedily heading back towards the Middle Ages?

It makes one think that when it comes to knowing how to treat people, the nation doesn’t have a clue.

Mistaken view

From: P Rickaby, West Park, Selby, North Yorkshire.

FOR Dr G Powell (Yorkshire Post, June 14) to suggest that people in Bangladesh (all due respect to them) live better than people in the 21st century Britain is pure Socialist claptrap.