I never expected my home town of Carrickfergus to be mentioned by Marina Hyde (18 February). While growing up, there was a road called Kennedy Drive, named after JFK I believe. During the Troubles it was changed to Prince William Way after perceived offence caused by Senator Edward Kennedy. Perhaps Prince Andrew Way could be renamed Kennedy Drive?
David Sinclair
Edinburgh
• Colin Hartley reminded me of when I taught in Swaziland (Letters, 21 February) . On arrival at school at the start of the week, the children took off their shoes, and at the end of the week, I had to remind them to take them home. While working in the bush, my geologist husband had Swazi helpers who went barefoot until he got wellingtons issued to them. Treading on a black mamba would have been fatal.
Veronica Edwards
Malvern, Worcestershire
• Rosemary Gill won’t get a sensible definition of “woke” from her MP because none exists (Letters, 21 February). Throughout history and literature, there has never been a need to describe in negative terms qualities such as decency, fairness and sensitivity.
William Todd
Wetherby, West Yorkshire
• What is the antonym of woke? Bigoted?
Nick Hart
St Neot, Cornwall
• I’ve used Frank Newhofer’s technique for falling asleep for years (Letters, 20 February), listing countries in alphabetical order. I call it “Azerbaijan to Zambia”, and it never fails. Only once have I got as far as Denmark.
The Rev Jenny Welsh
London
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