LETTERS
Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday January 13, 2010
Onya, VanyaGetting tickets to the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Uncle Vanya for this coming November is like securing a place for your children at one of Sydney's elite schools: to avoid disappointment, best to make the booking at birth.The prospect of experiencing Cate Blanchett, John Bell, Richard Roxburgh and Hugo Weaving on stage together is proving a highly desirable education, too.Matthew Gibbs LeichhardtSecond serviceAll this debate surrounding tennis matches being interrupted to go to scheduled news bulletins will surely become redundant once all television starts being transmitted in digital only. The networks will be able to go to their bulletins on their primary channel and advise those who don't want to miss out on any of the action to switch to one of their secondary digital channels. However, this may upset those watching repeats of Gilligan's Island and similar content on those secondary channels.Melissa Hever GreystanesLike Anthea M. Doe (Letters, January 12), I would like to see the ABC stick to the times announced in the printed guide. Invariably after 8.30pm its programs start late, and for the most part it's because of the incessant and irritating promotions for programs many days away. If the ABC felt obliged to stick to the advertised start time for the evening news rather than completing the live telecast of the final of a tennis match, then it should do so all the time. Reduce the time allocated for "promos" and it would be well on the way.John Lees CastlecragA to Z of burialI take exception to Con Vaitsas's views on those of a religious affiliation being buried together (Letters, January 11). I insist on being buried in the atheist section. Heaven forbid I find myself being confused for a Catholic, standing before St Peter and being judged by their impossible standards.Simon Daley DarlinghurstI can see no problem, John Little (Letters, January 12), in burying people in alphabetical order; after all, they die in alphabetical order according to the obituaries page.John Harding EastwoodMrs RobinsonThe antics of Mrs Iris Robinson, MP, have made headlines around the world ("Mental help for Irish teen sex MP", January 12). She has become an object of ridicule and many insults have been hurled at her. I am sure the most hurtful insult of all was your description of her as "Irish". She is a member of the British Parliament. She stresses that she lives in the United Kingdom. Her contempt for all things Irish is on record.Sean Lyons Tralee (Ireland)Iris Robinson, photographed with her husband, wore a rather prominent crucifix. Clearly she is happy to advertise her Christian beliefs, if not her knowledge of said beliefs. It's No.7, Iris: thou shalt not commit adultery.John Cully NormanhurstLong life tattoosThe girl with the literary tattoo is disgusting ("Mark my words", January 12) and Marieke Hardy is wrong to promote such repulsive so-called art. If you want to look like a rugby league thug go ahead and do it, but not only will you remain scarred for life, you will be full of regrets as your thought patterns change over the years.Alastair Browne Cromer HeightsHot tomato tipI have read all the books but experience tells me that the best time to pick my tomatoes always seems to be when they are selling in the shops at a dollar for two kilos. Works every year.Allen Kavanagh Lilli PilliTinsel frownI'm not interested in when we're supposed to take down Christmas decorations (Letters, January 12). I want to know why people put them up in the first place.Dylan Walters Randwick
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