Zuzana Crouch (Letters, 28 February) relates how she was welcomed with generosity, kindness and compassion when she was a refugee from Prague in 1968. The difference between then and now? A Labour government.
Ken Vines
Horrabridge, Devon
• Colin Montgomery (Letters, 28 February) urges us to invest in the future of democracy. Another letter points out that the elections bill is going through the House of Lords. The answer to Mr Montgomery’s implied question – what can we all do? – is simple. Wherever you are, cast your vote against the Conservatives.
Jeremy Cushing
Exeter
• Re the “yarn” about Welsh locals switching languages when English visitors walked in (Roughly the size of Wales: four reflections on Welsh identity in the 21st century, 1 March), it certainly used to happen. Staying at the youth hostel in the Lledr Valley many years ago, we dropped into the local shop and the women chatting in English immediately switched to Welsh – perhaps to comment on our appearance as “1970s students”.
Joe Oldaker
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Let’s not forget Postcards of Scarborough by Michael Chapman (Letters, 28 February), recorded in Hull in the presence of my first wife and a number of her art school friends.
David Prothero
Harlington, Bedfordshire
• What books would you like to see adapted for the small screen, asks John Crace (Digested week, 25 February). I suggest the Herries Chronicles by Hugh Walpole. Four books in the series, so enough for follow-ups.
Gill Gladman
Tenterden, Kent
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