I LIVE in Frome and because of my proximity to it, I have come to understand that the Longleat Estate has a number of empty houses unoccupied for some time.

Perhaps the Syrian refugee crisis might be the perfect opportunity for the Thynn family to step up and use their un-utilised, inherited resource to help people in desperate need. The Thynns more than anyone will understand that the life and position we are given is born of chance, and it is only by chance that any one of us was not born in Damascus or Homs. Come on Alexander, is there a compassionate bone in there? Ceawlin, how about you?

Ben Findlay, Whitewell Road, Frome