{"id":79706,"date":"2018-02-13T01:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-reminder-not-to-take-true-love-lightly-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T02:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:03:47","slug":"a-reminder-not-to-take-true-love-lightly-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-reminder-not-to-take-true-love-lightly-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"A reminder not to take true love lightly | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhen Valentine\u2019s Day and Ash Wednesday clash | Nationwide | Ladies\u2019 swimming places | Staples in compost | MarmaladeValentine\u2019s Day and Ash Wednesday only occasionally clash, as Rhik Samadder rightly points out (G2, 12 February). But it\u2019s a great opportunity to smuggle heart-shaped crosses of ash on to the foreheads of the faithful; a reminder that true love is costly, painful and usually entails sacrifice.Fr Alec MitchellManchester\u2022 When Joe Garner, Nationwide\u2019s CEO, appeared on the Today programme recently he was proud to emphasise Nationwide\u2019s mutual status. So, doubly depressing to learn that, as well as refusing to provide housing co-ops (also mutuals) with mortgages, Nationwide has fuelled private sector rent rises by financing buy-to-let landlords (Report, 12 February).Roger HalfordKnowle, West Midlands Continue reading…
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