Saved from deportation
Thank goodness for Chris Haslam’s warning about visiting the US with an Iranian visa in one’s passport (Ask the Team, March 6). I was due to fly to New York, but we visited Iran in 2014. I phoned the US border agency to check, and it confirmed that I would have been prevented from entering the country and deported.
I’ve had to cancel my trip — a birthday treat for my 22-year-old daughter — and now have the inconvenience of applying for a visa, which requires a visit to the embassy.
Tracey Rose, via email
Lyons v Lyon
As nice as it was to see my home city in your paper (Big Weekend, March 20), I was astonished to find its name spelt as Lyons and not “Lyon”. Did nobody think to check this?
Olivia Michaud, via email
Ian Houghton, chief sub-editor of The Sunday Times, replies: “Many place names have long-established English spellings that differ from the vernacular: Lyons (Lyon), Marseilles (Marseille), Rome (Roma)... the list goes on. As a British newspaper, we use those spellings with which our readers are most familiar and which are sanctioned by Collins, our dictionary of choice. Indeed, respected French newspapers refer to Londres rather than London.”
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Date with Dr King
As Rebecca Front’s trip to the Deep South (March 13) started in Atlanta, why didn’t she visit Martin Luther King’s birthplace; Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he gave many of his most memorable sermons; and the King Centre ? It would have provided so much context for the rest of the trip.
Nickleby, via thesundaytimes.co.uk
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