From Roy Davies, University of Exeter
You quote the leader of a team of woad researchers as saying “the idea of a
dye that’s indigenous to the Anglo-Saxon culture is hopefully something people
can pick up on”
(18 September, p 20).
The best-known examples of the use of woad
involved the ancient Britons, as you acknowledged with your mention of Queen
Boudicca, not the Anglo-Saxons.
The inability of many well-educated English people to distinguish between
British and English culture is one of the best arguments the Scots and the Welsh
have for devolution.
Exeter
