Vaccine idea is not the complete package
We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Dismiss
Vaccine idea is not the complete package
January 12, 2021 9.00pm
Normal text size
Advertisement Noooooo Mr Engleitner! (C8). If Amazon drivers were trained in delivering COVID vaccines, we would end up with jabs in the arm, buttocks, feet and neck, via the neighbours or being told you had had the jab when they had been nowhere near you. Don’t give them any ideas, pleads David Storie of Windsor Downs.
While yesterday s criticism of American beers (C8) was just a bit of froth and bubble, a number of readers did come out in defence of Yankee suds. Peter Miniutti of Ashbury thought that American beer was only one step above water until I travelled there eight years ago and was pleasantly surprised how good the beer was produced at the plethora of microbreweries. Stay away from the mass-produced Budweiser, Coors and Miller and you can’t go wrong.
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury)
The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria.
The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking)
Last year the
Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel.
Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N)
A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate.
Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout (Viking)
KIND-HEARTED students have been delivering gifts to the elderly who might be isolating or lonely this Christmas. The year 11 pupils of Royal Wootton Bassett Academy delivered boxes of chocolates to residents in a Covid-secure way, knocking doors and leaving the presents on doorsteps before moving away. Each student wore masks and sanitised their hands before and after each delivery. David Storey, teacher of Geography and head of year 11, said: “It has been such a fantastic opportunity to safely connect with members of the community who may have felt very isolated over the last few months. It is so nice for them to know we haven’t forgotten about them, and the students were really touched by the reactions of those they visited.