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I enjoyed comparing two vice-chancellors¡¯ summer reading material in ¡°What are you reading?¡± (Books, 5 September). Both reached out to music: Russell Grouper David Eastwood was drawn to Brahms¡¯ symphonies in full score and the ¡°remarkable passacaglia that ends the fourth¡± (who could disagree?), while former 94 Groupie David Bell reminded us that ¡°Roxy Music were ¡®cool¡¯ epitomised¡± (indeed!). As a jobbing dean, I enjoyed Gillian Flynn¡¯s Dark Places, which I bought expecting (from the title) to read about the pressures on British universities, but which turned out to be a terrific thriller; sadly, no passacaglia though.

Tony Gatrell
Lancaster