Title of world´s oldest parliament in dispute | Brief letters
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Tynwald | Growing up Catholic | Sweden | Cannabis trade | Alcohol consumption | Unusual wordsThe UK parliament is not the oldest in the world as Theresa May claimed (Report, 24 March); that is the Tynwald in the Isle of Man. Tynwald is of Norse origin, meaning `place of the assembly`. It´s more than 1,000 years old.Rosemary BentleyEgham, Surreyo Noel Hodson (Letters, 28 March) was fortunate in his Catholic upbringing, as in the small Scottish town where I grew up we were `belted` for missing Sunday mass. Our old drunk of a priest would resoundingly punch any child foolish enough to own up. No turning the other cheek there, and unbelievers, ie our nice non-Catholic neighbours, were destined for the fires of hell.Geraldine BlakeWorthing, West Sussex Continue reading...