In his piece on the historic British-French animosity, Alan Massie (Perspective, 21 December) deftly avoided mentioning Napoleon Bonaparte and Scotland’s own Queen Mary.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Dec 2011, 00:00 BST
The former was arguably the greatest general in world history, while the latter was, briefly, queen consort of France.
I visit north-east France every year and have found the locals kind, friendly and courteous. So I harbour no suspicions like “John Bull”.