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| In her column about “hot but mean men” in pop culture (10 April), Hadley Freeman writes that “the Brontë sisters had a decidedly – shall we say – infantile concept of ideal masculinity”. She must have forgotten Anne Brontë, who paints her main man as a vicious, entitled man-child. Both the heroine and the reader (this one, at any rate) hate him by the end. Someone pass her a copy of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.Kathryn RobertsonFalkirk, Stirlingshire | In her column about “hot but mean men” in pop culture (10 April), Hadley Freeman writes that “the Brontë sisters had a decidedly – shall we say – infantile concept of ideal masculinity”. She must have forgotten Anne Brontë, who paints her main man as a vicious, entitled man-child. Both the heroine and the reader (this one, at any rate) hate him by the end. Someone pass her a copy of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.Kathryn RobertsonFalkirk, Stirlingshire |
| • In fairness to him (Basil Fawlty: a hard Brexiteer who was ahead of his time, 10 April), he did not in fact “jump in disbelief” at finding a black doctor in the NHS, but simply at being suddenly spoken to (the exaggerated physical reaction an arguable necessity for a sitcom to begin a short scene of almost pure exposition). What did seem a little odd was how Fawlty didn’t display basic racism in that scene on top of his other hang-ups.Bryn HughesWrexham | • In fairness to him (Basil Fawlty: a hard Brexiteer who was ahead of his time, 10 April), he did not in fact “jump in disbelief” at finding a black doctor in the NHS, but simply at being suddenly spoken to (the exaggerated physical reaction an arguable necessity for a sitcom to begin a short scene of almost pure exposition). What did seem a little odd was how Fawlty didn’t display basic racism in that scene on top of his other hang-ups.Bryn HughesWrexham |
| • If Lorrie Marchington (Letters, 11 April) marries an Irish citizen then moves to Ireland, after three years’ residence she can apply for citizenship through naturalisation. Then she can get her passport and “rights to the EU”.Peter McKennaLiverpool | • If Lorrie Marchington (Letters, 11 April) marries an Irish citizen then moves to Ireland, after three years’ residence she can apply for citizenship through naturalisation. Then she can get her passport and “rights to the EU”.Peter McKennaLiverpool |
| • The relative lack of coverage of Derry Girls (Letters, 11 April) could be because the Northern Irish accents and speed of speaking makes the show incomprehensible without subtitles on. Believe me, I’ve tried!Rob ParrishStarcross, Devon | • The relative lack of coverage of Derry Girls (Letters, 11 April) could be because the Northern Irish accents and speed of speaking makes the show incomprehensible without subtitles on. Believe me, I’ve tried!Rob ParrishStarcross, Devon |
| • I do not buy the Guardian to read tittle-tattle about the Windsors (Splitting heirs, G2, 11 April). Stop it please.Jane GhoshBristol | • I do not buy the Guardian to read tittle-tattle about the Windsors (Splitting heirs, G2, 11 April). Stop it please.Jane GhoshBristol |
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