Sir, - When did Kevin Myers last live in London? As a resident of an area he might consider to be a "bitterly hostile township" - Brixton - I have to reject the allegations in his Diary of April 14th.
Brixton is truly enriched by having a mixed population of Africans, West Indians, Asians, Irish, "natives" and many others. My life and that of my son is expanded by meeting and being educated alongside people of different cultures. Any racism encountered is usually from the "establishment" - the Metropolitan Police, the judiciary, the education system, the immigration laws, the media - not from individuals who get along as well as can be expected in a densely populated area.
For many years the Irish immigrant population under-achieved. Is that, as Mr Myers implies, a genetically inherited trait or a result of prejudice? - Yours, etc., Fiona Connell,
Harris House,
St James Crescent,
London SW9.