Straight to the POINT

÷ HOLLYWOOD’S leading ladies wore black at the Golden Globes to stand up to sexism. Yes, transparent dresses with plunging necklines. MICHAEL KINGDON, address supplied.

÷ THE Golden Globes should be renamed the virtue-signalling world championships. PHIL NORTH, Brigg, Lincs.

÷ WHY don’t disgruntled rail travellers picket the striking rail union’s office? BARRY LAZENBURY, Yate, Glos.

÷ THE heartbroken third wife of cheating Ukip leader Henry Bolton should have taken note of the old saying: ‘If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you’ll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.’ RON JOHN, Oxford.

÷ HOW about Alex Price, who plays a young Father Brown on TV, as the next James Bond? He has the cheekiness of Roger Moore, the looks of Daniel Craig, the charm of Timothy Dalton and the physique of Pierce Brosnan, without the cruelty of Sean Connery. D. BELL, Lichfield, Staffs.

÷ I SYMPATHISE with the man who ate a napkin in a pretentious Spanish restaurant (Mail). It likely tasted better than the meal. KENNETH OSWALD JONES, Rock Ferry, Wirral.

÷ WITH the hoo-hah about suggestive street names, will Pratt’s Bottom in Kent survive? COLIN DAVIS, Woodchurch, Kent.

÷ I CRAVE a boon from the Queen: may I have the privilege of sharpening the sword that bestows a knighthood on Nick Clegg? CLIVE WHITFIELD, South Reston, Louth.

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