

Goldfish were temporarily re-introduced for Norman Cohen’s 1969 film of the book, presented by James Mason. Geoffrey Fletcher, in The London Nobody Knows (1962), reports befriending the attendant at Holborn men’s lavatory who told him of a predecessor who was responsible for this.

It seems that Harry Holloway’s memory of the goldfish in the glass cisterns of a London public toilet is not deceiving him ( Letters, 18 October). Re Jamal Khashoggi ( Report, 20 October), if this is what the House of Saud does in its embassies, what are they doing in their prisons?

The Tory government’s austerity measures must be a major contributory factor, plus their general uncaring attitude, while their whole focus is on Brexit, itself a gnawing anti-social business that is draining millions from the coffers. It cannot be a coincidence that the rates of homicide, burglary and attacks on women are at the highest rate in 10 years ( Report, 19 October).
