Sustaining power of faith and folk tales | Brief letters

Reopening places of worship | Anagram origins | Stars | Margaret Meek Spencer | Uses for tights

I do not to go to church much (save for inter-faith events), but I totally support calls from the clergy for places of worship to open in a way compatible with social distancing and other safety measures. If supermarkets can operate to feed our bodies, and bookshops to nourish our minds, then religious buildings can surely do the same to sustain hearts and souls.
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain
Maidenhead Synagogue

I suppose John Deval (Letters, 31 May) may be living in a parallel universe where he stumbled upon that anagram by himself, but I suspect it is more likely he saw it on the Twitter-net, where most posters are attributing it to Telegraph crossword setter Tim King (AKA Encota). Direct where direct is due...
Michael Crapper
Whitchurch, Hampshire