The Queen’s awarding of the George Cross to the NHS is a reflection of the nation’s gratitude (Report, 5 July). Hopefully it will be a morale booster for thousands of exhausted workers. But Her Majesty could add to its impact if she reminded Boris Johnson at their next meeting that prestigious awards do not pay the bills. An improved pay award would be a much-needed practical indication of the nation’s thankfulness.
Frances Davies
Thirsk, North Yorkshire
• How helpful to be able to get the ingredients for Feast recipes from Ocado by using the new QR codes published with them. As I never know what half the ingredients are, let alone where to obtain them, a new culinary world opens up for me. But just a mo: I don’t think my prehistoric phone is up to QR codes. That’s disappointing.
Frances Clegg
Harrow, London
• Regarding the technique that would allow strawberries to be grown for most of the year, as reported in your print edition (New technique could boost strawberry yields, 5 July), is this a case of strawberry yields forever?
David Gerrard
Hove, East Sussex
• After reading Priya Elan’s article (It’s curtains for short hair as Jack Grealish resurrects centre parting, 2 July), my mother, 96, remembers a time in the 1940s when job adverts could state “Men with middle partings need not apply”.
Maggie Willsher
Poole, Dorset
• Like the previous marmalade saga, I feel that the knickers letters (4 July) have gone on too long. Can’t you make them briefer?
Geoff Ramshaw
Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire
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