A reader has recalled a historic clothing dispute at Westminster Abbey, following reports that a visitor was asked to remove a 'demonic' Wind in the Willows jumper. Narmada de Silva of Chichester wrote to say that in 1977, a verger demanded she take off her woolly hat, despite her explaining that as a girl she had been taught to wear a hat in church.
The letter is one of several published in response to recent articles. Another reader, Judi Lambeth of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, noted that as a child in Newcastle her doctor was called Dr Dagger and her dentist Mr Mallet, after reading a piece on unusual names.
Geoffrey E Hinton of Gosport, Hampshire, stated he knows 'nothing about Nobel prizes or artificial intelligence', apparently referencing a namesake. Jan Jeffries of Brewood, Staffordshire, recalled being told by a gym teacher in the 1950s that pull-ups would help with opening pickle jars.
Alex Dickie of Edinburgh observed that Guardian letter writers writing about Guardian letters is 'very Guardian', suggesting a 'wall chart moment' for smugness and coolness.
