I READ in the Gazette about HBO renaming Essex as Essos (May 22, Page 7, "Tourism bosses in bid to cash in on Thrones fever") after one of the fictional continents in its television series Game of Thrones, one of the biggest shows ever in history.

The signs "Essos" and "Game of Thrones" have been installed in front of Colchester Castle, the town's iconic landmark, which is also a feature fitting the show.

Photographs of those iconic signs with our iconic castle in Colchester Castle Park are already on a number of websites.

I hope many people far and near will take photos with the signs and the castle and post them on social media to promote our beautiful Colchester, Britain's First City.

I attach the photo of my friend "Tom" as Jon Snow, one of the show's characters played by British actor Kit Harrington, in front of the signs and the castle.

After watching me taking pictures, a group of foreign tourists took their photos with the signs and the castle.

Dr Wynn Aung

Squirrels Field, Colchester