WHAT a sad collection of people P Hughes and his colleagues must be to slag off George Cowley in the way that they have.

I have been on the receiving end of George's caustic criticism in the past but I have a thick enough skin to take it.

The world would be a sadder place without the George Cowleys of this world and long may he continue to both amuse, inform and put us in our place.

CLIVE SMITH,

Malvern Link,

Worcestershire.