Joanna Moorhead’s column about marriage (28 February) is excellent and thought-provoking. While I have been, and indeed still am, happily married for 55 years I know from various friends and relatives that this is sadly not always the case. Joanna Moorhead puts the sad side over extremely well and with compassion. In this 175th year of your publication I cannot help wondering how such an article would have been received in the early years of The Tablet’s life and am pleased that it