Carillion jokes just don’t ring my bell | Brief letters

Peter Mayle | Tramp crossword | Child poverty | Regional accents | Carillon/Carillion jokes | Oslo weatherPeter Mayle’s view of the locals in his area conformed to Parisian as well as English stereotypes (Obituary, 22 January). Seeing a local woman reading the recently published Une année en Provence when it first came out, I started to excuse myself for Mayle’s depiction of those who had worked for him. Mais non, she insisted. It was completely vrai and so amusant.
Anne Corbe