I’m sure I’m only one of many women writing to thank you for the very helpful picture illustrating the story about a female contestant’s boobs (University Challenge sexism goes on, Shortcuts, G2, 2 August). Without it, none of us could have worked out what the story was about.
Angela Lawrence
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
• Martin Kettle (Opinion, 2 August) says England needs to listen to its neighbours. That is a half-truth. London needs to listen to the English regions and the other parts of the UK. I suspect London is better at listening to Scotland and Wales than it is at listening to the English regions.
Ian Watson
Carlisle, Cumbria
• Peter Avery’s letter (3 August) reminded me that I watched most of the 1981 series through a Granada window. And I always had company.
Kevin Quinn
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
• Not only could you once watch live cricket outside TV rental shops, they were essential for football final scores if you were out on a Saturday. 4.40pm was the appointed time as halftimes were shorter and there seemed to be less injury time in the 1970s.
Michael Cunningham
Wolverhampton
• At a recent motor event I came across a clockwork-powered 2CV. The owner told me that only a small number were produced as an experiment – surely the car for a true Guardian reader or perhaps for Adam Vaughan’s journey with only a short stop to wind it up every 20 miles (Letters, 1 August).
Glenn Barr
Hornsea, East Yorkshire
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