When I was little and frightened of thunderstorms, an auntie tried to reassure me by saying thunder was God moving his furniture to clean behind it. I hate to think what yellow rain is caused by (Yellow rain warning issued for Sunday across northern England and Wales, theguardian.com, 23 July).
Joan Friend
Oldham, Greater Manchester
• I was thrilled to read the Country Diary (15 July) about Lannacombe Beach in south Devon. When I was a child in the 1940s and 1950s we had several family holidays near Kingsbridge, and Lannacombe was our favourite beach. It sounds as unspoilt now as it was then.
Jane Jordan
Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
• After 13 years of Tory rule people cannot afford to buy soap (Soap sales halve as UK shoppers cut back on hygiene products, 21 July). Sums it all up really.
Keith Slater
Bromsgrove
• As a youngster, when singing Jerusalem, I was confused as to why I should be proud of “England’s green unpleasant land” (Letters, 13 July). Under Tory rule, I have come to understand the sentiment.
Michael Cook
London
• Such a delight to read some good news (‘Even hanging on to one would be a win’: Tories brace for byelection results, 19 July).
David Collins
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
• But he has been recently promoted (King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers, 20 July).
Lyn Summers
Lancaster
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