May I add to the catalogue of errors cited by your correspondents (Letters, 29 January), namely the failure of the government to close the UK borders until 12 months too late, despite having won a referendum which was, in large part, all about closing borders?
Roy Boffy
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• I am writing to send a heartfelt thanks to Kwame Kwei-Armah for his tip regarding a portable infrared sauna (Lockdown cabin fever? 56 tried, tested and terrific ways to beat the boredom, 27 January). I had no idea such things existed. I ordered one immediately, and it is already erected and functioning in my flat. Fantastic. The fightback starts here.
Bill Page
London
• You missed out all the bottoms and piddles (Too rude for Facebook: the ban on Britain’s historic place names, 27 January). Not sexy enough for Facebook? Rejoice in our ancient place names, a source of innocent fun for centuries.
Vivien Bailey
St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Facebook is not alone in its linguistic imperialism (Letters, 28 January). Twitter is a minefield, too. Reflecting on whether they still had “fagging” at Eton during Boris Johnson’s day earned me a seven-day suspension.
Peter Munro
Congleton, Cheshire
• So Imperial College London has stopped using its Latin motto because it refers to “the empire” (Tributes to slave traders and colonialists removed across UK, 29 January). I wonder whether they have spotted any irony there?
Rosemary Waugh
York
• Imagine being patronised by Michael Gove and knowing it is your own fault. A bitter pill indeed to swallow (EU ‘recognise they made a mistake’ in move to block Covid vaccine exports, says Gove – video, 30 January).
Norma Daniels Emm
Edinburgh
