Chaos at the Etihad and all that jazz | Brief letters
You fail to mention (UK among six countries to hit 0.7% UN aid spending target, 5 January) that the United Arab Emirates has met the UN commitment of spending 0.7% of gross national income since 2013. The most recent OECD report, quoted in your article, shows that the UAE contributed 1.09% of GNI towards overseas aid in 2015, making it second only to Sweden in terms of aid spending as a proportion of GNI. The UAE shares the UK's commitment to overseas aid.
Sulaiman Almazroui
UAE ambassador
" It's not often jazz hits the headlines. What a pity that when it does it displays ignorance of the genre (If every player plays like a jazz musician, it'll be chaos, 4 January). Pep Guardiola may not like jazz, but he should be aware that it is a highly disciplined music which demands complex musical skills and team spirit. That's why Ray Charles liked to choose jazz musicians for his tour bands and why many classical performers I know envy the improvisational skills of jazzers - which I would have thought football managers would encourage in their players.
Mike Gordon
Director, Scarborough Jazz Festival