Will Self should have a paws for thought about dogs’ value | Brief letters

Dogs’ usefulness to humans | Eric Fraser | Tesco | First female newsreaders | London Book FairWhile dogs might not be considered “productive” in the true sense of the word, I feel Will Self (Out in paperback, Review, 7 April) is failing to recall the extraordinary work they accomplish for humans: sniffing out bombs, guiding the blind through cities, getting help from someone else if their owner is having a seizure, not to mention being able to alert a diabetic if they are about to have a hypoglycaemic episode. The list goes on. My own cat never fails to let me know when I’m on the computer too long, too late at night, writing letters such as this one. Sandra Jensen Hove, East Sussex• Penelope Woolfitt (Letters, 11 April) mentions among others the art of Eric Fraser (not Frazer) in the Radio Times in the 1950s, but he continued to draw wonderful illustrations for the magazine well into the 60s and 70s. Especially memorable was his work for Christmas and Easter editions as well as for broadcasts of Shakespearean plays. I still have an album of those I cut out and kept as a teenager.Ian ArnottPeterborough Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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