I note that in the photo of King Charles visiting Scotland in your print edition (Monarch north of the glens, 29 July), he has a dagger tucked into his sock. How does this fit with the man arrested recently by armed police for carrying garden tools home from his allotment ? No doubt the king had armed police with him who took a different view of someone carrying a weapon in public.
Mike Lowcock
Sandbach, Cheshire
• Nigel Farage is surely right that lawlessness on the streets is being compounded by the arrival of “droves of unvetted men into our towns and cities” (Editorial, 29 July). Perhaps he could simply ask his supporters to stay at home.
David Pafford
Bowerhill, Wiltshire
• It might help to improve the status of oracy in schools (Editorial, 27 July) if teachers could rephrase the often-heard classroom instruction: “Stop talking and get on with your work.”
Pat Jones
Author of Lipservice: The Story of Talk in Schools
• Rather than a green burial (Letters, 30 July), I hope that when my time comes, resomation (a process that uses water and a weak alkaline solution to break down human remains) will be widely available in this country.
Lorrie Marchington
Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire
• Thank you to Martin Parr for his wonderful photo essay on “voyaging”, as cruising is now apparently called (Decks appeal, 28 July). I have never been a fan, but now I’m sure that “voyaging” is not for me.
Margaret Vandecasteele
Cupar, Fife
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