Philip Hoare was lucky in not finding William Blake’s grave crowded (Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon, 2 June). It is the favoured meeting place of Jackson Lamb’s crew in the Slow Horses novels and TV series, as it doesn’t have CCTV surveillance; as much under the radar as the artist himself, and his wife.
John Starbuck
Lepton, West Yorkshire
Philip Hoare’s article made me wish someone would revive Adrian Mitchell’s musical Tyger, performed by the National Theatre in the early 70s. The music alone deserves a wider audience.
Cecil Heatley
Bromley, London
I so feel for John Crace’s grief over the loss of Herbie (Digested week, 30 May). It took us eight years to contemplate getting our next dog and so on until our current pooch. But, if you’re a dog person, you’ve just got to get that next one.
Jeanette Hamilton
Buxton, Derbyshire
Re “unwanted Americanisms” (Letters, 3 June), I bet there is no respectable Shakespearean ancestry for my pet hate: “train station”. And I do hope that I have used the colon correctly.
Lynda Mountford
St Albans
“You may not use foreign words,” say the instructions for the Word Wheel puzzle in the print edition. The nine-letter solution for 4 June: imbroglio. This is a scherzo, right?
Canon Robert Titley
London
