You do a disservice to the complex cult of the skinhead in your quick crossword (26 January). Despite the awareness and slight distancing effect implied by the question mark in the clue – “Racist or violent person?” – my heart sank. Am I alone? The compiler could at least have started with “Stereotypically…”
Of course, there is a very nasty history of racism and violence associated with the cult, in Britain and elsewhere, which needs to be remembered, understood and responded to when any such racism and violence resurface.
