Generally, New Statesman readers write letters about articles. However, we should not forget the consistent quality of your photographs. In the 16 October issue, the photograph by Ahmad al-Basha of war-torn Yemen, featured in Observations, packed an emotional punch (In the Picture, 16 October). It’s a superbly composed image, with the twisted metal coming out of the foreground rubble and the girders silhouetted against the clear blue sky and distant mountains. Seeing a class of children sitting crowded together under the one part of their bomb-blasted school roof that’s left, with their teacher using a half-destroyed concrete pillar as a blackboard, is very powerful. I took away from it a sense of the unnecessary destruction of young lives, but also a defiant hope for a peaceful future. Thank you, Ahmad.
David Larder
Retford, Nottinghamshire
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