Republican Royalist

Emo Williams is right to point out that we "did not fight them on the beaches" of Dunkirk (Letters, April 23). Churchill was, however, referring to the desperate and unending battle Britain would wage were it invaded. And while we might not have fought on any French beaches for several years afterwards, there were British servicemen fighting on other fronts - notably in north Africa and Asia - before June 6 1944. And while the population of the Soviet Union undoubtedly suffered an awful tragedy in those years, Mr Williams should not forget that Hitler might not have triggered the war at all if Stalin had not signed the most duplicitous treaty in history. The ink was barely dry on his vile deal with the Nazis before Hitler invaded Poland and two years later ripped up the treaty and turned on Stalin.
Chris Mahony

You claim those who sing "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" to Jimi Hendrix's "kiss the sky" lyric are missing the point (Word play, April 25). In fact, the song's author was well aware of the ambiguity. Survivors of Hendrix's 1967 shows attest that he would sometimes mosey over to bassist Noel Redding after singing the line, and plant a smacker on his cheek.
Chris Davies
Ilford, Essex

Re Fascist America, in 10 easy steps (G2, April 24), can we add No 11: historical revisionism? Isn't it illustrative of the point that the Americans still don't seem to notice that first they came for the communists?
Michael Gentry
Horsham, West Sussex

When I was growing up in Wales we always went (Letters, April 24) to lle chwech (the place of six). It's an interesting escalation of numbers one and two.
Glyn Owen
Poole, Dorset

Did Germaine Greer forget about Waiting For Godot (Menopause the Musical? When do we get to see ageing men celebrating their urinary chaos?, G2, April 23)?
Paul Sheridan

I am slightly confused. In Britain I am a republican, in the US the opposite is true, and now in France I am a Royalist.
Dave Ward