Slot Into A Nation Of Shopkeepers | Brief Letters

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Last month, Barney Ronay said Liverpool’s manager, Arne Slot, had the look of a “prosperous provincial butcher here to pick up a civic award”. This month (23 February), he said Slot had “the air of a friendly neighbourhood greengrocer who juggles apples on his forearm”. Next month, the jolly baker?
Peter Kaan
Exeter

• “Claims about the Church of England’s demise are exaggerated” says the headline on Rev Stephen Gardiner’s letter (18 February). Yet average weekly attendance for Church of England services has crashed from 995,000 in 2013 to 693,000 in 2023. Perhaps as well as working from home more, people are praying from home?
David Duell
Durham