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’Allo ’allo ’allo, what’s going on here, then? ’Allo ’allo ’allo, what’s going on here, then?
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Of the 14 languages the Metropolitan police accepts as a second language “to more effectively engage with the community” (Met candidates must have second language, 21 July), six are European: Italian, German, Greek, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese. Are the French so law-abiding that no engagement is necessary?Dr John DohertyVienna, AustriaOf the 14 languages the Metropolitan police accepts as a second language “to more effectively engage with the community” (Met candidates must have second language, 21 July), six are European: Italian, German, Greek, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese. Are the French so law-abiding that no engagement is necessary?Dr John DohertyVienna, Austria
• As a longtime button-down Ben Sherman wearer (Ben Sherman sold in private equity deal, 21 July), I reckon Daphne Sherman is being kind when she raises doubts over the cloth they use now. I still have Sherman shirts cut from Oxford cloth purchased in Sicilian Avenue in the mid-70s. The modern version, made in China from cheap translucent cotton, generally has the name stitched over the pocket – yuk – when it should be on a side tab a la 501s. Ben must be turning in his grave, Gawd bless him.Max BellThame, Oxfordshire • As a longtime button-down Ben Sherman wearer (Ben Sherman sold in private equity deal, 21 July), I reckon Daphne Sherman is being kind when she raises doubts over the cloth they use now. I still have Sherman shirts cut from Oxford cloth purchased in Sicilian Avenue in the mid-70s. The modern version, made in China from cheap translucent cotton, generally has the name stitched over the pocket – yuk – when it should be on a side tab a la 501s. Ben must be turning in his grave, Gawd bless him.Max BellThame, Oxfordshire
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• The search for extraterrestrials is ill-advised ($100m question: is anyone out there?, 21 July). What if the aliens discovered were as culturally dysfunctional as we are, but more technologically advanced? They might be looking for somewhere new to have their stag and hen nights.Louise SummersOxford• The search for extraterrestrials is ill-advised ($100m question: is anyone out there?, 21 July). What if the aliens discovered were as culturally dysfunctional as we are, but more technologically advanced? They might be looking for somewhere new to have their stag and hen nights.Louise SummersOxford
• Like Peter Branston (Letters, 21 July) I was a six-year-old child of the army of occupation in Germany in the 1940s. We used the Nazi salute to mock the local German children with whom we would regularly rerun the war. As I recall, a poorly performed goosestep was also a weapon in our satirical armoury.Andrew TudorEmeritus professor, University of York • Like Peter Branston (Letters, 21 July) I was a six-year-old child of the army of occupation in Germany in the 1940s. We used the Nazi salute to mock the local German children with whom we would regularly rerun the war. As I recall, a poorly performed goosestep was also a weapon in our satirical armoury.Andrew TudorEmeritus professor, University of York
• My sister and I were also forced to go to Sunday school in the 1950s (Letters, 22 July), although my parents were not church-goers. It was many years later that I realised the probable reason why they were so keen to get us out of the house after lunch on a Sunday.Gayle WadeBury St Edmunds, Suffolk  • My sister and I were also forced to go to Sunday school in the 1950s (Letters, 22 July), although my parents were not church-goers. It was many years later that I realised the probable reason why they were so keen to get us out of the house after lunch on a Sunday.Gayle WadeBury St Edmunds, Suffolk