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Dinton Park would not be the only property the National Trust has leased out recently (Outcry over National Trust plan to fence off acres of Wiltshire park for tenant, 19 September). Last year, it offered a 125-year lease to tenants on the Grade-1 listed Bellister Castle in Northumberland. It was given to the trust in 1976, along with the huge Bellister estate, which still has little public access.
Jon Reeds
Alston, Cumbria

I predict many arguments over breakfast tables about who can read what and when this coming Saturday (All change: the launch of a new bumper magazine, 18 September). But at least Feast will be a crumb of comfort.
Gary Bennett
Exeter