I vowed never to read the Guardian again if the front page of Monday’s Sport section (29 June) was not devoted to the England women’s football victory against Canada. It was. Phew!
Sue Gollop
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
• So the FA accountants were looking to cut back on the funding for women’s football due to lack of success in the size of crowds and the level of tournament “success”. A semi-final place was merely considered “tangible progress”. On that maxim should not all England teams be paying the FA back for their intangible progress over the past two decades?
Tony Roberts
Penwortham, Lancashire
• Tripe (Open door, 29 June)! Oh for the far-off days of carefree youth, ice-cold honeycomb, salt, pepper, vinegar, tomatoes and bread and butter. A meal made for hot weather with UCP shops and cafes widespread “up north”. In 1959 it was a big leap from the Manchester suburbs to a central London head office where I was mocked as a tripe eater and disbelieved on the existence of black tripe. My revenge was to send them an unlabelled package of black tripe. Today, the panic it caused would trigger biological warfare alerts.
Ann Pugh
Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire
• You mention that a bowler hat costs £300 at Lock & Co of St James’s Street (Editorial, 6 June). Everyone knows it’s called a “coke” and not a “bowler” at that establishment. Don’t show yourself up.
Ralph Jones
Rochester, Kent
• This time last year I was fighting an often-losing battle against cabbage white butterfly caterpillars chomping their way through my broccoli plants. No problem this year though – I haven’t seen a single one. Nor a red admiral, nor a peacock, nor a tortoiseshell. Should I be happy or sad?
Peter Hanson
Whitestone, Devon
• Is Keith Flett on Maryam’s speed-dial (Letters, passim)?
Akiva Solemani
London
