Once again, a major company folds with a gaping hole in its pension fund (Former BHS owner agreed not to take cash out, 6 June). Like most people, when paying into my firm’s pension, I assumed all the money contributed by employees and the company would be ringfenced in a fund kept totally clear of the company to protect against the sort of situation now happening with terrible regularity. Why does this not happen. Is it simply a lack of political will?
Tom Mahoney
Bexleyheath, Kent
• Muhammad Ali was, as your supplement (6 June) indicates, a great man and sportsman, also a great campaigner for his race. He was not, however, the greatest heavyweight world champion ever. This title, most certainly, belongs to Rocky Marciano (49 fights, 49 wins, 43 knockouts, six successful title defences).
Jack Shaw
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
• Your editorial (The bravest of heroes, 6 June) was arguably the most moving piece of prose I have read, and moved this hard-bitten, cynical mid-60s white male to tears.
Allan McRobert
Kirkcaldy, Fife
• The lane across the small market town of Narberth in Pembrokeshire is known as The Drang (Letters, 6 June). I had supposed it to be local to Pembrokeshire and an internet search suggested a handful of others in the county, although I was aware of no other when I lived in the town for almost 20 years. My search also indicated that drang is used in the West Country and Newfoundland, but shed no light on the origins of the word.
Richard James
Highworth, Wiltshire
• Regarding the correspondence on alleys, in Derby we call them jittys – or should that be jitties?
Jill Horobin
Derby
• If you want to take a short cut to the cathedral in Durham, you can nip along a vennel.
Alan Pearson
Durham
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