I have a solution to the problem of stolen Lime bikes (Hackney birdsong? Stolen Lime bikes the new sound of summer in the city, 20 July): make them free for 14- to 18-year-olds, and offer rewards for parking them properly – maybe points adding up to free fast food. No more beeping, no more bikes across pavements, and an incentive for teenagers to exercise.
Corin Ashwell
London
• Aged nine, I wrote to Queen Elizabeth II and John Major, then prime minister, suggesting that weapons factories be used to make toys (My four-year-old has invited King Charles over for ice-cream. Can someone please make it happen?, 16 July). I was astounded to get a positive reply from Buckingham Palace. At least they had read the letter; Downing Street gave me advice on becoming prime minister.
Frances Willmott
Liverpool
• I am not sure whether to bless Owen Wells for his robust attitude to bacteria – which I share – or curse him for making me aware that sterilising light switches was even a thing (Letters, 20 July).
Pamela Guyatt
Gunnislake, Cornwall
• Can we please ditch the term “vaccine hesitancy” (Letters, 20 July)? What we’re talking about here is vaccine refusal. If a restaurant worker refused to wash their hands after using the toilet, would they be “hygiene hesitant”?
Roger Fisken
Chair, HealthSense
• One day everyone will have been against the Gaza genocide, just like everyone was always against apartheid and everyone was in the French resistance.
Phil Brand
London
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