On Sunday, I felt proud and ashamed of my home town, Glasgow; proud at the kind heart shown yet again by the number of food parcels left in George Square for needy people, but even more ashamed by the lack of respect shown by the large numbers of people drinking and smoking around and climbing all over the Cenotaph.

I think it is a disgrace that the police felt they could not interfere, although they admitted they had numerous complaints similar to mine.

It is a disgrace that in a country such as ours there is still a need for food banks but, I think, that showing disrespect to those who sacrificed their lives, and to those who remember them, is a sad reflection of our declining standards.

John Gregg Via email

Empty gesture

In reply to D R Alexander (Letters, September 26), suggesting that Alex Salmond was 'petty' in not attending the service of reconciliation at St Giles' Cathedral after the Referendum, I can only say that the whole exercise was pretty meaningless, as was evident from all the empty pews.

Instead of sitting on the fence during the whole referendum campaign, it would have been an act of courage for our so-called national church to have stated its exact position on the question of an independent Scotland.

As it did not, it stands condemned in the eyes of many of its adherents.

I MacLachlan Cardonald

I love city art

I CAN'T believe some people in Glasgow said they were 'scared' to visit the city's museums and galleries (Evening Times, September 29).

What I suspect they meant, but were too embarrassed to admit, was that they're simply not interested in art.

I might say that I was scared to go to a football match, enter a betting shop or visit a nightclub, when, in reality, these activities simply don't appeal to me.

I hope the city's museum bosses don't further dumb down their collections to appeal to these non-art fans.

Leslie McVicar Via e-mail