I was delighted to see that the first storm of the season is called Austen (Report, 20 October). I envisaged that its successors might be named after the Brontë sisters, Dickens and other notable British novelists. But my excitement soon subsided when I read that Storm Austen has been named not for Jane, but Austen Nagle, the first director of the Met Office.
Christine Shuttleworth
London
Jonathan Jones rightly praises the new exhibition of Hokusai’s work in Dulwich (Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji review, 19 October). But in Japan the work is read from right to left. We go with the power of the wave, but if you reverse the print, the wave appears even more dangerous.
David Cockayne
Warrington, Cheshire
Re paying for sociall care (Letters, (19 October), national insurance currently ceases at pensionable age. A simple way to raise funds for social care would be to reinstate NI for well-off pensioners. It could then be renamed social care insurance.
Peter McCartney
Bristol
It’s not only placenames that can be hijacked for other uses (Letters, 16 October). The current crop of Chinese cars is a veritable seam of rich pickings: Jaecoo (cleaning cloths); Omoda (washing powder); Chery Tiggo (fruity gobstoppers). Struggling with Ora Funky Cat…
Phil Thomas
Frodsham, Cheshire
When my husband tried to buy tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry, he was told that he was 233,600th in the queue. It puts waiting for the doctor to call back into perspective.
Sandy Cowling
London
