John Dilleigh’s letter (24 February) sparked a childhood memory. The organist in my local Welsh chapel was deaf. Once a man asked him to play for a funeral. “What music would you like at the start?” the organist asked. “I often like Bach,” was the reply. As the coffin was brought in, the organist played the Can-Can from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.
Meirion Bowen
London
• Diana Mitford requested A Whiter Shade of Pale when she was on Desert Island Discs. Make what you will of that.
Steve Moore
Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia
• Reading the article by Adrian Chiles (I have one question for delivery drivers – do you need to use my toilet?, 24 February), it struck me that it would be helpful if an agreed sticker or sign could be displayed by the door, indicating that any driver in need of the facilities could ask without embarrassment.
Valerie Binsted
Cheadle, Cheshire
• Centuries ago the “woke agenda” would have included opposition to slavery and child labour (Letters, 23 February). Despite vested interests at the time being adamant that both practices should continue, no sane person would now condone them. Perhaps a good definition of woke would be “on the right side of history” – or “right” for short.
Wal Callaby
Whatfield, Suffolk
• There’s something I can agree on with Boris Johnson (Johnson’s Germany comparison highlights UK’s low sick pay, 23 February): UK workers should learn from their German counterparts, who are way ahead on workers’ rights, including decent sick pay.
Reini Schühle
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
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