Richard Luce wasn’t so bad for the arts | Brief letters

Arts ministers | Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe | Naomi Osaka | Cornish pasties | Lucy Mangan’s ToryboyTo be fair to Richard Luce, he rapidly learned on the job (Letters, 12 September). Largely because he was an arts “outsider”, he carried out the role in an unusually fair manner, both in relation to the regions and to participation. Albeit subject to Thatcherite dogma, he was actually a much better arts minister than the likes of the egocentric David Mellor, beholden to the