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Mac has always been source of inspiration

Dear Editor, I feel the strength of Mac was always its resident groups such as John Blundall's Puppet Theatre, the Maestro's Steel Band, the Youth Theatre and its Theatre in Education groups (Plans for £13.6m makeover at city arts centre attacked, Post March 31). Read

Mac makeover promises a magnificent future

Dear Editor, Following the comments made by Clive Chandler, chair of Puppeteers UK, I feel compelled to highlight for your readers the full extent of the fantastic redevelopment at mac that begins when the centre closes on Sunday April 6 (Plans for £13.6m makeover at city arts centre attacked, Post March 31). Read

Lack of respect for elderly patients

Dear Editor, "It's like you lose your human rights on entering the place. I would rather die than go back there." Comments made by someone leaving prison? No, views shared by two elderly patients on their recent hospital experiences. Read

Now our post boxes are being uprooted

Dear Editor, We are all aware that post offices are currently being closed across the country - now it would appear that there is a cull of post boxes as well. Read

Religion is the enemy of science

Dear Editor, Once again our religious leaders are attempting to destroy advances in medical science with claims they are "against God's law" and "contrary to nature". Read

We must not lose our respect for life

Dear Editor, I commend the Catholic Church for condemning Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which approves the creation of human-animal embryos (Bishop of Lichfield attacks embryo hybrid plan, Post March 24). The bill seeks to blur the distinction between humans and animals and allows for the creation of human embryos that are destined to be destroyed when stem cells are extracted from them. Read

Inside and out ban a must for smoking

Dear Editor, If children take up smoking at an early age, isn't it more likely that they've been exposed to cigarette smoke at home or while travelling in a car, rather than they've seen packets of cigarettes on show in a shop? Read

When saving energy just goes out the window

Dear Editor, I read with interest the article on Energy Performance Certificates in your recent Business & Property Review magazine, particularly the part relating to heat loss through the walls and closed windows of commercial buildings. Read

Why don't we revere our nation's elderly

Dear Editor, The Budget is giving the over-60s a £50 increase in winter fuel payment and the over-80s, a £100 increase. This is far from adaquate and an indictment of just how badly we treat our elderly people in this country. Read

The difference between life and death

Dear Editor, I read with interest local reports about the refurbishment of the Accident and Emergency department at Stafford Hospital, completed in the autumn. Read

Strange assessment of pay review reality

Dear Editor, Councillor Rudge thinks that his latest offer on pay review for Birmingham council employees "makes everyone a winner" (Post March 13). Read

Inclusive Britishness has served us so well

Dear Editor, Mike Nattrass MEP suggests that "the Government is busy pretending they are promoting Britishness when power over every aspect of our lives is being transferred to Europe" ( 'Patriotic oath ceremony no substitute for history', Post Agenda, March 18). Read

Threat to important social role of clubs

Dear Editor, May I, on behalf of the Working Men's Clubs' affiliated to this Union, offer this open letter in the hope that MPs in your catchment area can feel the frustration and, yes, despair of the impact of their actions. Read

Pensioners misled by Labour government

Dear Editor, This deceitful Chancellor and Government are misleading the good people of this country when they say they are looking after the pensioners at Budget time. Read

Why last laugh goes to Carry On movies

It is the 50th anniversary of the Carry On films, which first hit our screens with Carry On Sergeant in 1958. Read

Historic building is doomed for demolition

Dear editor, I have just returned from a meeting of Birmingham City Council's Planning Committee, where at least one-third of the visitors were there because they opposed the application to demolish 187 Highfield Road, Hall Green (Highfield House) and build four two-bed houses and six two-bed apartments. Read

A door of opportunity for small businesses

Dear Editor, During the course of a fairly uninspiring Budget, both in terms of content and delivery, the Chancellor announced plans for small firms to win 30 per cent of all public sector work in the next five years. Read

Costly waste on a failed strategy

Dear Editor, It's now 18 months since the Gridlock or Growth report was published, with its proposal to charge a £5 levy on motorists in the West Midlands. The two failed attempts to implement this strategy could have been predicted by the unpopularity it met with from the outset, with drivers and business leaders alike uniting in opposition to the introduction of such charges, and the very real threat they posed to this area's economic competitiveness. Read

Punishing the owners of commercial property

Dear Editor, Very soon a daylight robbery is going to take place in the name of creating competition, by bringing more industrial and commercial properties onto the market place. Read

Enoch was a good MP and an expert on world affairs

Dear Editor, I see on the 40th anniversary year of Enoch Powell's speech, his ghost lives on. Read