LETTER:Lottery awards unite the arts

From Mrs Sandra Harris

Sir: I hope no one sitting in the proposed plush new surroundings of the Royal Opera House needs urgent medical treatment.

With so many central London accident and emergency departments closing down or suffering crippling cutbacks, they may well wish the lottery money had been put to better use - caring for the needs of many not the entertainment of the chosen few.

Yours faithfully,

Sandra Harris

Edgware, Middlesex