LETTERS

Thomas More, in a c1527 portrait. His book Utopia has sound advice for politicians, says reader Jeremy Rhodes

The sins of the father?

After reading Lauren Johnson’s article on Henry V and Henry VI (September), I will have to agree to disagree with the claim that Henry VI’s failures were down to his father’s actions. For how can a king who was dead when his son was an infant have much influence on the nature of that son’s reign?

The blame for Henry VI’s bad choices throughout his