May I through your paper congratulate the drama and music departments of Monmouth Comprehensive School on a fabulous show with their interpretation of ‘Billy Elliot’.

Some marvellous performances by the students. It was evident that there are some future stars amongst them. I hope that the storyline of how badly the miners were treated doesn’t escape the students’ imagination and that they remember what governments can do to hard-working communities, which is still felt to this day.

Sue Chivers (Monmouth)