Not so briefly

20th October 2006, 1:00am
They know how to write letters to schools in the Dunoon HQ of Argyll and Bute’s education department - or at least Roddy McDowell does.

In an informative two-pager soliciting teacher volunteers to take part in training sessions on coaching, he concludes: “Finally, and in a most heartfelt manner, I apologise for the length of this letter but, in this case, brevity eluded me.”