George Monbiot is right: wholesale destruction of wildlife is obscene (The grouse shooters aim to kill, 16 August). Why no grousing, then, on the imminent destruction of the diverse habitats and endangered species, including many red list birds, on the west coast of Cumbria? Why no grouse about the collateral damage in obsessive pursuit of the “biggest nuclear development in Europe” at Moorside? The environmental destruction planned is on a scale the most bloodthirsty grouse hunter could only dream of.
Marianne Birkby
Radiation Free Lakeland, Milnthorpe, Cumbria
• This morning I entered my local Morrisons supermarket to be greeted by a large display, just inside the entrance, selling multipacks of filled chocolate bars. The sign above said “Back to School”. Selling high sugar goods is one thing, but encouraging the purchase for children is quite another (Report, 22 August). Shame on Morrisons.
Roger Frisby
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
• I suggest Elizabeth Lowry, in stating that the scenery in the Book of the Week is flimsily assembled (Review, 20 August), does an injustice when comparing it to Ikea flatpack goods. If properly tightened with the Allen key provided, I have found these products to be very sturdy.
Michael Robinson
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
• Uber will have a problem if it tries to bring driverless cars to London (Report, 19 August): the driver won’t be able to pass the English test (Report, 17 August).
David Ridge
London
• To save me any further anguish, is there anyone else who now fails to complete the cryptic crossword?
Jean Jackson
Seer Green, Buckinghamshire
• It’s clear that brief letters have to be both pithy and witty to have a chance of being printed (Letters, 22 August). How about pithicisms?
Mike Pender
Cardiff
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• This article was amended on 23 August 2016. An editing error changed the name of the reviewer of the Book of the Week from Elizabeth Lowry to Gregory Norminton. This has now been corrected.
