Many will lament the loss of Jane Goodall not because she had studied chimpanzees and become an authority on male aggression but for her frank and perceptive view of the likes of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and for her encouragement of those fighting against political aggression (Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space, 6 October). Ways should thus be found of keeping her name alive as an example to the rest of the human race.
Meirion Bowen
London
• Emmanuel Macron, who has just managed to lose his fifth prime minister (What happened on a chaotic day in French politics – and what next?, 6 October), has been reading his Beckett: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” What is he waiting for, Godot?
Peter Declan O’Halloran
Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland
• A question to Lynn Wiseman (Letters, 6 October), whose recipe falls into the same camp as those calling for “left over wine”: what on earth is “left over” pannetone? It’s the first Christmas treat to be consumed in this household.
Pete Lavender
Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
• Thank you, Jonathan Jones, for a superb critique of Gilbert & George (Gilbert & George review – a pulsating panorama of sex, violence and glorious urban grime, 6 October). It gave me a much greater understanding of their work and made me want to go to the Hayward gallery exhibition.
Linda Karlsen
Whitstable, Kent
• We were entertained by a mondegreen (Letters, 6 October) in the transcript of a voicemail message which read “I tried to call, but to Noah Vale”.
Sue Dean
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
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