FOUND: We must keep the rituals that bind us not blind us - What They Never Told You

I agree with Nesrine Malik about Hilary Mantel’s analysis of the historical mysticism of royalty (Hilary Mantel knew how corrosive deference to monarchy can be – and why we must resist, 26 September). But during the period of mourning for the Queen, I didn’t see people being deferential to the monarchy as an institution, but rather marking the death of one very singular example of it.

I don’t agree with Malik that feeling one is part of something larger than oneself equates to feeling small. I felt part of something larger than myself during the Embrace the Base protest at Greenham Common in Berkshire, and when I marched against the Iraq war. That didn’t make me feel small; it made me feel that collectively we could be very powerful.
Katy Jennison
Witney, Oxfordshire