Oh no: an article about how we can be kind to insects (G2, 21 May). Does this go for clothes moths too? They have just eaten through my only ever cashmere sweater. When he sees them, my husband says: “It’s no use killing them – I should torture them and ask where they are coming from.” The Indian tapestry, I suspect. What do they eat in the wild? Is our house “the wild” for them? Do I have to be kind to them?
Margaret Squires
St Andrews, Fife
• If Noah Charney wishes to include the recently sold Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo, in his forthcoming book (Raiders of the lost art, G2, 21 May), he should first look at the many representations of the same subject by Bernardino Luini, in all of which the same error in the depiction of the sphere is made. Luini was a painter from Leonardo’s circle and worked in a similar idiom.
Deirdre Toomey
London
• Oh dear! (Or should I write “Gordon Bennett!”?) Your Staffs & Worcs canal correspondent, Ian Grieve, could be in trouble. His latest dispatch (Letters, 16 May) suggests he is about to tackle the Four Counties Ring. But, as any canal enthusiast will tell him, the Ring is not currently usable due to a major canal breach in the Middlewich Arm.
Richard Carden
Denton, Norfolk
• I was very moved by Liam Rosenior’s piece on being released by Brighton FC (Coping with the axe, Sport, 18 May). His honesty, intelligence and insight deserve to find a new home in professional football.
Rob Imeson
London
• If Roman Abramovich’s visa has expired (Report, 21 May), why hasn’t he been served with a 322(5) order (Letters, 21 May)?
Tony Meacock
Norwich
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