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I agree with Dr Sebastian Kraemer about the power of drama to counter the rise of reactionary populism (Letters, 24 September). Next year the Royal Shakespeare Company is putting on Brecht\u2019s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, a satirical allegory on the rise of the Nazis, starring Mark Gatiss. If they can record it and put it on TV, it could make an impact to equal that of Mr Bates vs the Post Office. The local government secretary suggests transferring responsibility for parts of the struggling NHS to mayors (The Guardian view on Labour\u2019s NHS reforms: where is the plan to deliver them? 23rd September). A\u00a0hospital pass if ever I saw one. Regarding cycling essentials (Letters, 24 September), as an 80-year-old experienced club cyclist who prefers to avoid traffic\u00a0as much as possible these days, I use a lot of paths shared between pedestrians and riders. A\u00a0free but essential aid, I find, is\u00a0a\u00a0loud but polite voice. Your letter writer wouldn\u2019t be without a rear-view mirror. When Geraint Thomas starts using one on his bike, I\u2019ll buy one. I can\u2019t help wondering where the sculptor got their inspiration from for the statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the National Mall in Washington DC (Report, 24 September). Why did I immediately think of\u00a0Morecambe\u00a0and Wise? Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong>email<\/em><\/strong> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong>letters<\/em><\/strong> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I agree with Dr Sebastian Kraemer about the power of drama to counter the rise of reactionary populism (Letters, 24 September). Next year the Royal Shakespeare Company is putting on Brecht\u2019s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, a satirical allegory on the rise of the Nazis, starring Mark Gatiss. If they can record it and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[14521,14522,14520,1206,2380,1559],"class_list":{"0":"post-23842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-issues","8":"tag-bertolt","9":"tag-brecht","10":"tag-brechtian","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-broken","13":"tag-twist"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Priscilla Bench-Capon<\/strong>
West Kirby, Merseyside<\/em><\/p>\n
David Rawlings<\/strong>
Appleton le Moors, North Yorkshire<\/em><\/p>\n
Rob Parrish<\/strong>
Starcross, Devon <\/em><\/p>\n
John Kirkwood<\/strong>
Sheffield<\/em><\/p>\n
David Gordon<\/strong>
Manchester<\/em><\/p>\n