Martin Rowson’s moving and heartfelt apology (Bite the air in Britain and you can taste the prejudices that haunt us. I’m sorry I became part of that, 26 July) is a reminder to every one of us – to Jews like me, too – of the prejudices of which we are all capable.
How I really wish that Jeremy Corbyn could find it within himself to emulate Rowson, own up to his past abject failure to recognise antisemitism, and get on with the urgent business of uniting to remove the Tories and their allies from power.
Peter Winbourne
London
• I can hardly wait to see Martin Rowson’s work again in September. Empathy towards someone suffering from shame and guilt only earned in error is a state I understand perfectly, having had the benefits and drawbacks of a childhood and education in Catholic Ireland. Mr Rowson’s description of the “swamp of Christian art in its portrayal of Jews” and casual assumptions that antisemitic jokes were OK is a damning reminder of attitudes absorbed before we knew to question them.
I expect I will not be alone in welcoming the return of his political satire, layered humour and weirdness.
Geraldine Bird
Doolin, County Clare, Ireland
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