They think it’s all over?

Sir, – If England wins the World Cup, do you think, in the aftermath of ecstasy and superiority, it might reverse Brexit (as a consolation prize for the rest of the world)? – Yours, etc,

ALISON HACKETT,

Dún Laoghaire,

Co Dublin.

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Sir, – James Joyce has links with three of the remaining eight teams in the World Cup – France (he lived in Paris), Croatia (he lived in Pula) and England (he married in London).

Is this a literary record? Can one of them rejoice? – Yours, etc,

PATRICK CALLAN,

Portmarnock,

Co Dublin.