{"id":148363,"date":"2024-12-04T00:56:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/farmer-styles-need-an-illustrative-update-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T01:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:08:12","slug":"farmer-styles-need-an-illustrative-update-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/farmer-styles-need-an-illustrative-update-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer styles need an illustrative update | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nArchaic depictions of farmers | The \u2018wondrous\u2019 US constitution | Statues of limitations | Who\u2019s the mug? | Inflated egoThe illustration published with John Harris\u2019s column (1 December) showed a \u201ctypical\u201d farmer hoping for a break in the (economic) clouds. Did he have to be from 1960s central casting? Flat cap, neckerchief, green wellies and chewing on straw? Leaning on a spade in an obviously ploughed field? Surely the Guardian doesn\u2019t share the government\u2019s archaic view of farmers.Ian StewartBrackley, Northamptonshire\u2022 Simon Jenkins lauds that \u201cthing of wonder\u201d, the US constitution, which has \u201cheld the union together \u2026 for two and a half centuries\u201d (Biden pardons his son, Trump will absolve his criminal allies. America shouldn\u2019t stand for this, 2 December). Has the small matter of the civil war \u2013 southern secession, four years of armed conflict, over 600,000 dead and a divisive legacy \u2013 slipped his mind?Alan KnightEmeritus professor of history, Oxford University Continue reading…
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