Table tennis can help manage Parkinson’s | Brief letters

Benefits of ping-pong | The Waterboys | Ode to the moon | A puckle of gravel | John Moore-Brabazon

Regarding your article (A moment that changed me: I thought my Parkinson’s was the end of my life, but dancing changed everything, 25 March), people with Parkinson’s might like to take up table tennis. I set up a Parkinson’s table tennis project in Newcastle in 2025 and we have evidence showing improvements in coordination, footwork, social skills and speech. One member who had to hold on to the table can now play freehand without falling. Philip Cheung Newcastle upon Tyne

• How can you have a list of the best songs about the moon (You saw me standin’ alone: songs about the moon – ranked!, 26 March) without including The Waterboys’ great The Whole of the Moon? Chris Evans Earby, Lancashire