Almost a year ago, I wrote to you after your list of the 100 best footballers in the world came out, asking you to publish a list of the 100 best female footballers in the world (Letters, 31 January). I was so happy when I saw that this year you’d listed the top 100 female players (5-8 December) as well as the top 100 male players (19-22 December). My brother and I really enjoyed reading the lists – and looking at the changes from last year. I hope you continue to publish both lists in the future.
Maya Goodrich (age 12)
Sevenoaks, Kent
• Your article (One in five young people paid illegally low wage, says report, 27 December) would have had more impact if you had said what the minimum wage is for young people. It is very low, and readers need to be reminded at every opportunity: £4.20 for under-18s, £5.90 for 18-20s; £7.38 for 21-24s; and £7.83 for 25 and overs.
Jill Raine
New Malden, London
• Before Christmas, I laughed and carolled to Steve Bell. On 27 December I wept tears of shame at Schrank’s cartoon of the Holy Family crossing the Channel. On 28 December, I shed tears of gratitude for Keira Knightley’s empathy with single mothers, the first I have ever seen in print. I am 72.
Jenny Moir
Chelmsford
• Not even in my snobbish family is a sandwich afforded the status of a “course”. Does Chris Maslanka (29 December) need a holiday?
Sarah Layzell
Bath
• The River Jordan, from source to sea, is entirely in Dorset. A few miles away, in Portland, is Hallelujah Bay.
Roy Mackenzie
Wells, Somerset
• Sodom, not far from Denbigh.
Andrew Pritchard
Rhyl, Denbighshire
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