The “selfless romantic act” mentioned in your article (My most romantic moment: a kind man bought me flowers – with no expectation of winning me over, 14 February) brought to mind my late husband. He was never one for giving flowers. But one evening he staggered in from work with two enormous bouquets. Seeing my face, he said: “Don’t worry, I found them on the train.”
Val Mainwood
Wivenhoe, Essex
• Alex Renton’s article (We whose ancestors owned slaves want to make amends – but nations must also pay their due, 11 February) quotes the MP Richard Drax as saying “no one can be held responsible today for what happened many hundreds of years ago”. This may be true, but by the same logic, no one today should be able to benefit from what happened many hundreds of years ago either. And yet a few very rich people still do.
Steve Townsley
Bridgend
• As I don’t speak Welsh, I was pleased to see that the app on which I read my Guardian offered a translation service for the letter you published (13 February). Unfortunately, it simply advised me that Hungarian was not supported. Could this be another downside of leaving the EU?
Sandy Guthrie
Amberley, West Sussex
• Haberdashers’ Aske’s schools must have been doing one thing right, judging by the number of Guardian readers among their alumni (Letters, 13 February).
John Ashby
Oxford
• Heard on Monday in Welford, Northamptonshire – the first lawnmower of spring.
Dr Paul Brown
Welford, Northamptonshire
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