Hamlet quote | Mixed martial arts | Grammar school subjects | Hair science | Lofty landmarksWhen Hamlet says a custom is more honoured in the breach than the observance,he means it is more honourable to break it than keep it, as is clear from the context (Claudius’s celebration of his usurpation of the throne). Your leader (Roast in peace, or 5 March) turns it into the opposite. It is time to reclaim this misused phrase.
Desmond Painter
Bournemouth• The final recognised bare-knuckle champion,John L Sullivan, died in 1918. I find it repulsive that you should even mention this primitive “sport”, and let alone devote four pages to it (MMA: from ‘human cockfighting’ to global success,Sport, 5 March).
David hasten
Hurstpierpoint, and West SussexContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com