Why the fuss, just because parts of the US experienced a solar eclipse for a few minutes on Monday (Greatest show on Earth: total eclipse dazzles the US, 22 August)? For most of the UK, the sun has been obscured for the last six weeks.
Pete Dorey
Bath
• Will the list of people who can be the victims of social media hate crimes (Front page, August) also include all women? Ask many women MPs, or any woman who takes a public stand, whether they see themselves as a victim of hate crime when threatened online with rape or other violence and the answer should be “yes”.
Moira Sykes
Manchester
• Hats off to Dany Cotton for acknowledging the traumatic effects of a tragedy like the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower (Fire chief having counselling after Grenfell, 22 August). It’s brave to admit to having counselling. Such openness is much needed.
Linda Rhead
London
• Sadly, Hadley Freeman has made an error in likening dentistry and colonoscopy to natural childbirth (Weekend, 19 August). Dentistry and colonoscopies are treatments. Childbirth is a natural process that can, if necessary, be aided by medical interventions. Natural birth advocates simply want natural as the starting point, with medicine brought in as and when needed – nothing “hysterical” about that.
Sue Bickler
Verwood, Dorset
• Thanks, Michele Hanson, for your reminder of the joys of Elvis-mania (A certain age, 22 August). But what of the mass adulation of Cliff Richard, who our mums still swoon over?
Ya’ir Z Klein
London
• Where will Sophie Heawood’s article about hormones and menstruation appear next? I read it on Monday (21 August) in G2 – and also on Tuesday (22 August) in the opinion section. Perhaps the sports section?
Dr Alex May
Manchester
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