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Polite men do still walk among us | Brief letters

March 3, 2026

‘I’m pleased to say that, on two separate occasions, men walking towards me voluntarily changed their trajectory to let me past.’ ixelfit/‘I’m pleased to say that, on two separate occasions, men walking towards me voluntarily changed their trajectory to let me past.’ ixelfit/Getty ImagesLettersPolite men do still walk among usMaking room on the street | Trump’s rash | Cognitive shuffling | Belling bed-warmers | Neighbours’ dogRegarding your letters on men pushing women in the street (20 February), I have just returned from an hour’s walk, and I’m pleased to say that, on two separate occasions, men walking towards me voluntarily changed their trajectory to let me past. I just kept walking in a straight line. Maybe they read the Guardian, or maybe men in Bradford are considerate. Jane ThewlisThornton, Bradford If it’s a preventative treatment that has caused a flaring up, maybe the US president would have been better not applying it (Trump neck rash from ‘preventative’ skin treatment, White House says, 2 March).

Polite men do still walk among us | Brief letters

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Perhaps there is a foreign policy lesson there, too: a guide for the rash. Mark de BrunnerHarrogate, North Yorkshire I say “snap” to Melanie White’s method of “cognitive shuffling” (Letters, 23 February).
I’ve developed quite a cache of topics to aid falling to sleep, my latest two being job titles and puddings. Gwyneth HaylockMarchwiel, Wrexham Your letter writer calls their Belling bed-warmer Horace (20 February).
My parents were given one as a wedding present in 1961 and that one goes by the name of Uncle Alfred, after the donor, my late father’s uncle.
It continues to warm my family’s beds to this day. Tom MorrishLeeds In the 1960s, my brother and I had to rely on our two labradors and the neighbours’ dog for our bed warming. Chris Maher Wallasey, MerseysideExplore more on these topicsGenderBrief lettersMenDonald TrumpUS politicsHealthSleepDogslettersShareReuse this content.

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