Visiting from the UK
I am again visiting relatives and friends based in Ocean Grove for Christmas and New Year from Cambridge, England.
When I left the UK recently there was much snow around and very low temperatures around 1C to 3C.
We have a new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, who has made a great start to his premiership.
Safe living, safe driving, healthy eating options and, as always, prevention is better than cure.
Timothy Grout, Ocean Grove and Cambridge, UK
Buns for everyone
As hot cross buns are so popular and there are now many varieties, they should be supplied all year-round.
They could simply be named spicy buns, and then have crosses added just before the Easter period.
Melva Stott, Anglesea
It’s just not cricket
Clearly Australia outclassed both the West Indies and South Africa throughout the summer’s Test series. The gap was so great, curated wickets and parochial television commentary played no part
influencing end game results.
Suffice to say on the latter, much can be learned from the less is more doyen soccer commentator Martin Tyler. Shane Warne’s astute commentary was missed but Tim Lane did a top job in
filling in part the breach.
In the case of South Africa. A player quota protocol is now in place. Australian teams and others boycotted playing Test Cricket and Rugby to support the abolition of apartheid from 1968 until Nelson Mandela
became a free man from Robben Island 22 years later. Now capable Protea cricketers have had to go off-shore to earn an income. Fair to say it isn’t a conundrum but it will take time.
Richard Worland, Hamlyn Heights
