In the otherwise detailed obituary of Robin Munro (12 July), it is a shame that while his father’s profession as a lecturer in physiology is recorded, his mother’s only mention is her name. Ailie Munro was a song collector, writer and folk music scholar. She was based at the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh for many years, collecting and recording Scottish folk songs (about which she was the first to write a book). Ailie was born in China and clearly passed on her interest in the country to her son.
Joanna Girling
Edinburgh
• Re John Harris (A kind, inclusive England is stirring – and as usual, our politicians don’t get it, 18 July), during last Monday’s torrential rainstorm, our kitchen, bathroom and son’s bedroom were flooded – as were many houses on our side of the street. Neighbours who had not been flooded rushed over to bail out deep, filthy flood water. True kindness in action, for which we thank them.
Nadine Grieve
London
• Presumably the past tense of wakeboarding (Rhik Samadder tries ... wakeboarding: ‘I scream underwater with every faceplant’, 19 July) is “wokeboarding” – a description of someone who, having seen which way the wind is blowing, comes late to the campaign for social equality and justice.
Hal Dunkelman
Bampton, Oxfordshire
• Here’s a question for the proselytisers of home working: do you keep the windows open and listen to the jackhammers, angle grinders and Strimmers, or close them and faint from the heat?
Michael Cunningham
Wolverhampton
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