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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Letters

No need for art world buzz to please pollinators

A wildflower meadow.
A wildflower meadow. Photograph: Mark Saunders/Alamy

“Interspecies art experiment”, “erupt into crazy colours”, “string theory”, “algorithm” (Art for bees: ‘mad-looking’ installation suits pollinators’ tastes, 3 November). Here in Yorkshire we just plant stuff that flowers at different times. Seems to work.
Eileen Poore
Sheffield

• Willie Walsh comments approvingly on the role of air freight in distributing Covid vaccines (‘Not trying to mislead’: airlines chief defends industry’s net zero pledge, 29 October). For some reason he neglects to say anything about the role of air travel in spreading the Covid virus in the first place.
Martin Staniforth
Leeds

• Boris Johnson’s claim that “there’s a great wisdom in the British people” (Cop26: Boris Johnson ‘cautiously optimistic’ about reaching 1.5C deal, 2 November) is plainly false; we elected him.
Geoff Booth
Knebworth, Hertfordshire

• Well, last year’s trend is back in Cardiff! Just seen on my long walk three men over 65 wearing shorts! It’s cold here; they look ridiculous. Especially as the person they were with was wearing a winter coat.
Sue Walters
Cardiff

• Raspberries on 29 October in north London (Letters, 29 October)? Here in our garden in north-west Surrey we were picking figs on 1 November.
William Burgess
Egham, Surrey

• We are still picking raspberries in Cheshire. Is this an example of levelling up?
Ray Hodson
Congleton, Cheshire

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