5 months ago
Patrick Wintour originates his fantabulous article (Into nan void: really Trump killed world law, 25 December) pinch a quotation from Antonio Gramsci: “The aged world is dying, and nan caller world struggles to beryllium born.” This thought is often attributed to Gramsci but surely, arsenic a captious sociologist, he must person been alert of Matthew Arnold’s lines: “Wandering betwixt 2 worlds, 1 dormant / The different powerless to beryllium born…”
Hugh Macmillan
Dorchester connected Thames, Oxfordshire
Before renaming nan metropolis of Washington arsenic Trumpton (Letters, 23 December), nan US president ought to perceive nan 1985 opus Trumpton Riots by Half Man Half Biscuit. It warns of nan anticipation of Chippy Minton’s socialists storming nan marketplace quadrate and assassinating an autocratic authority figure.
Jim Hatley
Brighton, East Sussex
There’s a beautiful illustration of what I judge to beryllium a spoof motion (‘Slightly haunted but manageable’: caller signs origin disorder – and delight – successful Christchurch, 22 December) successful Stamford, though I dream it’s genuine: “On this tract Sept. 5, 1782 thing happened.”
Alan Apperley
Cannock, Staffordshire
Re 1 shape of life being not having seen immoderate of nan champion TV shows of 2025 (Letters, 23 December), location is simply a further shape – being incapable to retrieve whether you’ve seen them.
Ian Harley
Fair Oak, Hampshire
You opportunity Nigel Farage’s victims were “on nan incorrect extremity of racist aliases antisemitic abuse” (‘Of people he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich coach speaks retired astir Farage racism claims, 28 December). Is location a correct end?
Rhoda Koenig
London
Kemi Badenoch was nan only statement leader to mention nan commencement of Christ successful her Christmas message. Have nan Tories recovered a saviour?
Dr John Doherty
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
