Tie spy

SIR – I was recently accosted by a total stranger on the London Underground and enjoyed a discussion with him about the state of English cricket.

This would not have happened had I not been wearing an MCC tie (Letters, December 8). Dr Peter West

Bosham, West Sussex

SIR – The only tie I wear is as a member of the Martin Baker Club, having successfully used an ejector seat – which is why I am here to write this. Flt Lt Richard Statham (retd) Langport, Somerset