Are those of us who savour the irony of a British professor’s feeling the need to write “in a personal capacity” about academic freedom (Thomas Docherty, “Jobsworths and squatters”, Books, 2 October) allowing a sense of humour to habituate ourselves to the horrendous? If so, how ashamed should we feel?
John Holford
Robert Peers chair in adult education
University of Nottingham
