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Bomber crews had each other’s backs, unlike Tory MPs

The crew of a Lancaster bomber in 1943
The crew of a Lancaster bomber in 1943. ‘There are many documented instances of crews looking out for and supporting each other.’ Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty Images

I have always enjoyed John Crace’s sketches and it is so good to see him back in good form (1 May). But he has made a misjudgment, I think, in comparing the lack of attachment among Tory MPs with bomber crews in the second world war. There are many documented instances of crews looking out for each other, including that of my husband, who circled for a long time in the hope of helping a friend who went down in the Channel.
Eyke Shannon
Westleton, Suffolk

• There have been lots of letters from bald men (29 April). As a bald woman (albeit temporary), it’s regarded as freaky. If your hair starts coming out in chunks, first, embrace the inevitable and shave it off; and second, spread the trimmings around a garden or park for birds to line their nest with. Our rooks were very keen on it. It’s good to find an upside of chemo.
Angela Brassley
Ilsington, Devon

• So super-rich Bassim Haidar, who has loved living in London and getting even richer here since 2010, is leaving Britain to maximise his millions (‘I am moving – that is it’: tycoon speaks out about the end of non-dom tax status, 2 May). It does make one wonder: “How rich is rich enough?”
Elaine Luke
Fairlight, East Sussex

• The mysterious dodecahedron (Report, 29 April) was placed at the entrance of a Roman village to ward off Covid-19. That it worked is clear from the absence of that calamity in Roman times.
San Cassimally
Edinburgh

• The dodecahedron is obviously a cat toy, which the Romans might have called a felis nugas. It’s just missing the minimus.
Jane Lawson
London

• Do you have a photograph you’d like to share with Guardian readers? If so, please click here to upload it. A selection will be published in our Readers’ best photographs galleries and in the print edition on Saturdays.

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