I should imagine Lord Dubs (Call for action, 2 September) is incandescent as well as being saddened by the lack of action on lone child refugees in Calais. Home secretary Amber Rudd needs now to bring these poor disenfranchised children to Britain. Until she does, this new government’s failure will resonate loud and clear for years to come, to the detriment of this once altruistic and caring country.
Judith Daniels
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
• “To McEwan’s knowledge, no story has ever been written from the perspective of a foetus before” (Weekend, 27 August). Can it be possible that Ian McEwan does not know Carlos Fuentes’ 1987 novel Christopher Unborn (Cristobal nonato)? This is not only narrated by a foetus; Christopher begins his narration while he is still a sperm – perhaps allowable because he is male.
Brent Elliott
London
• “I just say whatever dumb stuff comes into my head and most of it is disgusting and horrible” (Amy Schumer review, 1 September). I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that sounds remarkably like the Republican party’s presidential nominee?
Geoff Bunce
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
• Re recent correspondence on Hobbes (Letters, 2 September): I still have a poster saved from university, put up by a desperate college rowing club, which reads “Nasty? Brutish? Short? Ever thought of coxing?”
Katherine Jarman
London
• The only thing that should be impacted as far as I am concerned are wisdom teeth (How Brexit impacted east Europeans, 2 September). What is wrong with affected?
Rose Barling
Kingston, Surrey
• It’s that day again (3 September); when middle-aged fathers are reminded of their fragile mortality. Thanks, Temptations.
Greg Hetherton
Hove, East Sussex
