Big flute discovery and billionaire woes

Frank Giles | Left-behind instruments | Emma Barnett | Global downturn | Turtle doves. I was fascinated to read your obituary of Frank Giles (7 November) which contains the following: “His father died when he was 10, leaving the family in straitened circumstances … even so, enough money was found to send Giles to Wellington college.” As the current fees for Wellington seem to be approximately £30,000 per year, and presumably were the equivalent in the 1930s, could we ple