I call your name

Reading the story about Thandiwe Newton (Weekend Herald, April 10) reminded me of how my sister, back in the early 1960s, gave birth to a son on June 18. I suggested the name Paul as he was born on Sir Paul McCartney’s birthday.

Many years later, my nephew was not impressed when I pointed out that he’d dodged a bullet. If he had been born three weeks later on July 7, I might have been pushing to have him named Ringo.

John Capener, Kawerau.