![]() ![]() When a brewery changes the process to reduce alcohol content, flavour is also going to be altered and if breweries attempt to keep the same flavour profile of a low-alcohol brew by adulterating it with artificial flavourings, they should not be allowed to continue implying it is a real ale. Flavour should be the prime concern, with alcohol content a natural result of the process that produces this flavour.Ĭonsistent good flavour is reliant on consistency in the brewing process. SIR – I read your story on breweries reducing the alcohol content of their ales with considerable concern.Īlcohol content should not be the defining quality of ales, particularly real ale. I have no desire to “rewrite” Cuban history I just wanted to write a show that a theatregoing audience might want to see, set in the high-octane world of political revolutionaries, lovable gangsters, a dance band of sisters and illicit love affairs. A further attempt to recreate it as a musical film came up against a similar objection. Moving from the amateur into the professional, I immediately encountered a stumbling block: what does a white British girl know about Cuba? To try to address this, I found a Cuban musician living in London who was a willing collaborator but was unable to write for a musical, which is a specialised art. It was deemed a success and the director, who at the time was involved in a West End show, encouraged me to develop the story. Together we wrote, rehearsed and staged an hour-long piece with 35 teenagers. The producer liked it and formed a team of director, composer and choreographer. I presented an idea based on a true story set in 1950s Cuba at the time of the revolution. Several years ago, I was commissioned by British Youth Music Theatre to write a show for its summer programme. SIR – If Andrew Lloyd Webber has problems writing new musicals because of fears of “cultural appropriation”, what hope for the rest of us would-be musical theatre writers? Is that really what he wants to be remembered for? Sir Keir’s preference for these machines over nuclear power could result in the total destruction of the countryside by the middle of the century. SIR – Wind turbines have a working life of only 20 years or so before they become uneconomic – and the experience of the United States (an early adopter) has been that no one wants to bear the cost of removing them once they are worn out, meaning that they end up littering the landscape. Local protests – including the refusal of planning permission by county councils – are routinely overruled by the Welsh Government, while requests for underground cables instead of pylons are dismissed as too expensive. To add insult to injury, miles of high-voltage cables carry the power overland between unsightly pylons. The latest turbines are very tall and intrude on the views from distant beauty spots. I suspect this feeling is shared by many other people in Wales, where such farms (some generating power for England) have become a blot on the landscape, spoiling its peace and beauty. SIR – I was delighted to learn of Sir Keir’s proposals to scrap the ban on new onshore wind farms in England. Secondly, why is he not proposing to put more resources behind Rolls-Royce and its small modular nuclear reactors? ![]() Perhaps Sir Keir should try this approach on Hampstead Heath and see how that goes. The attitude seems to be that if people don’t want wind turbines next to their homes, hard luck – there will be no dissent. SIR – Sir Keir Starmer is capitulating to the green lobby. SIR – It appears that Labour has replaced the magic money tree with a magic energy tree that generates constant power out of nowhere. He also appears to overlook the fact that they are noisy, ugly and dangerous to wildlife. SIR – Sir Keir Starmer fails to mention the cost of building wind turbines. I do hope Labour will also consider more hydrocarbon power generation, otherwise the lights will be going out across Britain – literally. ![]() Last week, a coal-fired power station was put into operation, in part because there was insufficient wind to meet the country’s electricity demands. SIR – Labour plans to achieve net zero by, among other things, building many more wind turbines. ![]()
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