I was stunned to see so much coverage about an auction at Christie’s dedicated to handbags – many of which were made from animal skins, which then adorn women with far too much money and little ethical concern (Report, 3 June). How low can people go in an ever unequal and consumerist world?
Philipa Coughlan
Nottingham
• Your obituary of Roy Barraclough (2 June) quotes a fellow actor saying that Barraclough and Les Dawson were “the 10th best drag act ever”. Has there been one better, let alone nine? Several of Barraclough and Dawson’s superb sketches can be seen on YouTube. They show Barraclough as surely one of the supreme female impersonators.
Nicholas Jacobs
London
• Strong? Hardly (Britain joins Italy at foot of G7 growth table, 1 June). And as for stable? Well, it could be argued that there is a certain stability in “languishing at the bottom”. The home secretary, Amber Rudd, suggested during the television debate that we should judge them on their record. Quite.
Austen Lynch
Garstang, Lancashire
• Voters in remain-voting Oxford West and Abingdon have also received a personal letter from Theresa May, like Peter Little’s relatives in Teesside (Letters, 2 June). I assumed this was because this is a Lib Dem marginal seat that the Tories are at real risk of losing. Although now I think it might be because Theresa May knows I am a pensioner…
Margaret Simon
Oxford
• “Across the globe people are today celebrating World Milk Day” (Letters, 1 June). I doubt it. Across the world only some populations, including our own, which have evolved genetically over aeons to tolerate lactose in their diet will celebrate, if indeed they give it any thought at all.
Margaret Manuell
Tamworth, Staffordshire
• I note that the former boxer Dave “Boy” Green turned 64 on Friday (Birthdays, 2 June). When exactly does Mr Green grow up?
R Neil Davies
Warninglid, West Sussex
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