Barbara Harriss-White (Letters, 13 December) says the mainstream media failed to report Jeremy Corbyn being awarded the MacBride international peace prize. To be fair, the mainstream media did not report on any of the previous winners, and the social media campaign currently trying to frame this as anti-Corbyn bias seems to have overlooked the fact that there were two other winners of the prize this year, Noam Chomsky and the All Okinawa Council Against Henoko New Base.
Tony Evans
Hove, East Sussex
• As the latest Star Wars epic opens in London, doubtless bringing pleasure to countless millions through out the world, plus providing well deserved box office revenues, let’s hope that those involved remember the debt they owe to the history of their industry and use a tiny fraction of the expected profits to join the Chaplin family and save the very wonderful Cinema Museum (Report, 13 December).
Colin Hines
East Twickenham, Middlesex
• Why do American road and place names sound so much more romantic than those in the UK, as in Get Your Kicks on Route 66? Getting kicks on the M66 just doesn’t seem to cut it. Quite the reverse I’d say. And how about 24 hours from Stevenage? Does anyone have an explanation for this curious phenomenon?
Dr Maureen Tilford
Norwich
• Michele Hanson writes “I am scared witless of falling over” (G2, 12 December). What happened to moon boots? I had some in the 70s – light, warm, and it was almost impossible to fall over in them.
Terri Green
Langley, Warwickshire
• During cold periods we are now often told by forecasters that the weather is “struggling” to reach higher figures. It’s really good to learn that the weather has our interests at heart, but does anyone know how long this has been going for?
Mike Farley
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• An article on the sexual abuse of girls in schools was on the “Women” pages (G2, 12 December). So it’s still a women’s problem, then?
Jenny Haynes
Horkstow, Lincolnshire
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