Jim Perrin transported me back 50 years (Country diary, 28 January). After climbing on the easier slabs of Cwm Silyn, two of us were heading for the pub at Rhyd-ddu. Rising toward Bwlch y Moch, the car’s rear window was filled by the huge orange globe of the fast setting sun. It was a fantastic sight. Reaching the crest, I braked without thinking at the sight of the full moon over Snowdon. There were no fairies, but the scene was truly magical as two glorious spheres held us, seemingly suspended in space, on the Bwlch.
Gerry Stewart
Alderton, Gloucestershire
• Susan Tomes asks where the oratory for our traumatised country can be found (Letters, 27 January). I suggest she catches the closing minutes of BBC Two’s Newsnight on 26 January. Jackie Kay’s beautiful and redemptive poem offered radiant hope shining through the acknowledgment of our huge loss – and moved me to tears.
Cathy Johns
London
• I have struggled with “uptick” for some time but now can cope. The use of “downtick” has, however, thrown me (Covid cases in England ‘must fall faster to ease NHS pressure’, 28 January). Visual aid may help. Can you draw one please?
Dr Mervyn Bryn-Jones
London
• Page 4 in Friday’s paper: John Crace exposes Boris Johnson’s “pointless photo opportunities” (The politics sketch, 28 January). Page 5: PR photo of Johnson. Stop it.
Peter Brooker
West Wickham, Kent
• I am concerned that we are in a bit of a rut: 5pm, BBC One, government Covid briefing, pointless; 5.15pm, switch over to BBC Two, Pointless.
Stephen Walkley
Swinford, Leicestershire
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