Sir – It is good to see artwork making such a vibrant contribution to the amenities of the new Marriotts Walk shopping centre.

May we hope in due course the centre will celebrate other artistic endeavours: street theatre, pavement artists, perhaps even a place where artists professional and amateur can display their work on the lines of Art on the Railings alongside Hyde Park and Oxford’s University Parks?

Taking another leaf out of Hyde Park’s book, it would also be nice to see a Speakers Corner, where people could sound off about the bees in their bonnet for ten minutes once an hour at weekends. And what about stocks?

First victim? Given her recent faux pas, Witney’s ex-mayor Chrissie Curry would be a prime candidate. It would give disgruntled would-be allotment holders a chance to hurl rotten vegetables at her in return for a modest donation to a deserving charity. So she could hardly refuse!

Don Chapman, Eynsham