Sir,

The most appropriate person to be placed on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, opposite the National Gallery, is the pianist, Dame Myra Hess. During the Second World War she organised a series of lunchtime concerts at the National Gallery, playing in many of them herself. These remain some of the most notable and celebrated performances in classical music. The National Gallery had been emptied of paintings, to protect them from German bombs, and Hess's concerts provided encouragement to so many, from such diverse backgrounds, during dark times.

To my mind Dame Myra Hess certainly deserves the honour and the setting is apt.

Jessamy Griffiths, Ash, Somerset