Sir, - To the Nottingham woman I met in the Zanzibar pub last week, the one who managed to relieve my wallet of 70 quid: I hope you enjoyed your visit to Dublin and that you had a safe journey home. I also hope that when you get home your thieving fingers will be seized with chilblains, arthritis, lupus, leprosy, frostbite and gangrene so that you may never be able to dip another wallet again. Oh, and by the way, I was being sarcastic when I said you were a great dancer - you flat footed hoofer! - Yours, etc., John Devlin,
Erne Terrace, Baile Atha Cliath 2.