When writing about Anglo Saxon times, chroniclers used nicknames to identify kings and rulers [JohnSadlerillustration.com]

• I REALLY enjoyed the Emma Goldman’s article on nicknames (Tags code, Review February 2).

It reminded me of a man in our local – which I won’t name. He was known as “The Swimmer” because every time someone asked him how he was he’d say: “Oh, just keeping my head above water.”

MARTIN BRANDON, E9