Angela Blazy-O’Reilly reports that the war service of her mother was not recognised for extra pension rights, as “no records were available for [the Women’s Royal Army Corps] in India” (Letters, 11 May). I wonder if this was due to Operation Legacy, which mandated the destruction or hiding of colonial documents before Britain’s withdrawal from colonised countries. A sort of imperial “bonfire of the atrocities”, such as records of the Bengal famine in 1943.
Denis Jackson
Glasgow
• My son, like me, has several Sheffield United shirts, which he wears with pride. The other day he asked me to buy him a French national shirt with “Mbappé 10” printed on the back (Letters, 7 May). Putting the cost (about £100) to one side for a moment, I’m genuinely unsure of what to do. Get him the shirt for Christmas, or send him to an orphanage?
Mark Redhead
Oxford
• “Can watching sport really improve your wellbeing? The science suggests it can” says your headline (12 May). Did the researchers have any Sheffield Wednesday fans in their sample size?
Mike Elliott
Emeritus professor, and Wednesday fan since 1962, Leven, East Yorkshire
• While still digesting the report about childhood eating patterns and junk food adverts in your print edition (Children eat more after five minutes of junk food ads – study, 12 May), I turned the page and saw a full-page ad for Burger King and Uber Eats.
Jude Carr
London
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