Letter: Hasty applause before the last train departs
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Sir: Peter Sitch (letters, 3 August) clearly thinks that concert-goers should be pinioned to their seats until the performers have milked the audience for the last hand clap. He writes from SW18. If he lived in the provinces and had a last train to catch, he might take a different view.
Someone living in a village in Leicestershire has to make a 200- mile round trip to attend a concert or an opera or a ballet or a play in London. If the performance ends promptly, he can hope to catch the last train home from a station on the far side of town, arriving in the early hours of the morning. If it over-runs and he stays for encores, he may have to wait on a platform until the milk train next day.
I feel I have done all that can reasonably be asked if I pay the price of a ticket and sit quietly throughout the advertised programme. I do not think it should be a condition of admission that I stay until the last enthusiast has exhausted his enthusiasm.
Yours faithfully,
CLIVE DEWEY
Burton Overy, Leicestershire
3 August
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments