AFTER reading your article about the antique items discovered behind cinema seats in Brynmawr, I decided to delve behind the moth eaten sofa in the shed.

Imagine my surprise. Considering all he has been through, Lord Lucan looked remarkably chipper for a man of his age, even though I had to dust him down a bit. He admitted he had no fixed plans for the future, but offered, as he rode away a little unsteadily on Shergar, these sage words of wisdom: “Don’t let those greedy clowns at the National Assembly get away with their ludicrous pay rise; it would be a travesty of justice”. Enough said!

Julian R Powell, Larch Grove, Malpas, Newport