Emily Thornberry writes that our red carpet for the Saudi ruler is shameless (Journal, 7 March). Shameless, too, are the three half-page adverts for Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman bringing “change” to Saudi Arabia in the Guardian.
Anne Stevenson
Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire
• If you need to be a socialist to be a proper feminist (Tory feminists do exist, 8 March ) do you need to be a socialist to be a decent human being? Should we declare how we vote?
Richard Pollard
Leominster, Herefordshire
• In her article on rosemary-infused water (8 March), Morwenna Ferrier remarks that the product “even sports its own naff slogan – ‘a drink to remember’”. Rosemary is the herb signifying remembrance; indeed, a sprig of rosemary was often worn on Anzac Day in Australia. A bunch of rosemary was placed on my mother’s coffin.
Anne Allgar
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
• Pie aficionados passing through the West Midlands may be interested in the seven ingredients and construction of the Black Country Bosta available from Langs of Wollaston – thin layer of grey peas and bacon/pork pie meat/layer of faggots and gravy/pork pie meat/topping layer of minted mushy peas, all encased in award-winning pastry (Letters, 7 March). Enjoy!
Dave Collins
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
• I just hope – for all our futures – that neither of the leaders has a bad hair day (Trump and Kim to hold nuclear talks, 9 March).
Anne Jope
Maidstone, Kent
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