Letter: Nail-bomb courage

Sir: The art critic Brian Sewell recently questioned the need for an pounds 8m expenditure on a Holocaust museum in Manchester.

One could not have expected such a spectacular riposte as came in the shape of Friday night's hate-filled bombing, demonstrating yet again, if one ever needed reminding, that not only must we never forget, but we must learn how to defeat the forces of evil.

ROBERT COWEN

Manchester