Pigeon particulars

Sistine solution

ATHENA complains that a visit to the Sistine Chapel is marred by overcrowding, officious guards and lack of time to linger (October 19). He or she should visit the English Martyrs Catholic Church (above) in Goring-bysea, West Sussex, where a full-sized replica can be seen and the church will probably be almost empty. Margaret Stocks-miller, Wiltshire

IN response to Oliver Akers Douglas (My Week, October 12): wood pigeons here and where I grew up all say ‘take two coos, Davy, take two coos’. Their toes are of no concern to Betty. David Whitaker, Edinburgh